S-3175

   Amend Senate File 568 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 
<DIVISION I
RULEMAKING PROCEDURES AND RELATED MATTERS>
   2.  Page 1, by striking line 27 and inserting <components, the judicial>
   3.  Page 4, by striking lines 17 through 20.
   4.  Page 4, by striking lines 30 through 35 and inserting: 
   <When an agency establishes the amount of a license fee, application fee, or other fee, including any subsequent increase or decrease in the amount, the amount shall be specified in a notice of intended action and a rule adopted by the agency. This section does not apply when the amount of a fee is specifically established or described in the Iowa Code, Iowa Acts, or Iowa court rules, or by federal law. This section shall not be construed to authorize an agency to establish a fee without statutory authority.>
   5.  Page 5, by striking lines 1 through 26.
   6.  Page 6, after line 2 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 256.54, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Maintain, as an integral part of the law library, reports of various boards and agencies, copies of bills, journals, other information relating to current or proposed legislation, and copies of the Iowa administrative bulletin and Iowa administrative code and, consistent with section 17A.6, subsection 2, copies of any publications incorporated by reference in the bulletin or code.
   Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  505.35  Adoption of standards by reference —— rules.
   Rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to chapter 17A that adopt a standard by reference to another publication or portion thereof are exempt from the requirements of section 17A.6, subsection 4, with respect to the following:
   1.  Professional standards of practice and membership requirements established by the actuarial standards board, the American academy of actuaries, the American institute of certified public accountants, or their successor organizations.
   2.  The following publications of the national association of insurance commissioners:
   a.  Valuation manual used to establish principle-based reserves for the life insurance industry.
   b.  Accounting practices and procedures manual.
   c.  Financial examiners handbook.
   d.  Financial analysis handbook.
   e.  Annual/quarterly financial statement blank and instructions.>
   7.  Page 6, line 3, before <Act> by inserting <division of this>
   8.  Page 6, after line 4 by inserting: 
<DIVISION ___
AGENCY STATUTES AND RULES

   Sec. ___.  Section 7E.7, subsection 2, Code 2023, is amended by striking the subsection.
   Sec. ___.  Section 12.28, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  “State agency” means a board, commission, bureau, division, office, department, or branch of state government. However, state agency does not mean the state board of regents, institutions governed by the board of regents, or authorities created under chapter 16, 257C, or 261A.
   Sec. ___.  Section 12.30, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  “Authority” means a department, or public or quasi-public instrumentality of the state including but not limited to the authority created under chapter 12E, 16, 257C, or 261A, which has the power to issue obligations, except that “authority” does not include the state board of regents or the Iowa finance authority to the extent the Iowa finance authority acts pursuant to chapter 260C. “Authority” also includes a port authority created under chapter 28J.
   Sec. ___.  Section 15E.63, subsection 11, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   11.  The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A necessary to administer the duties of the board.  The department of revenue may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A related to the duties of the board or this chapter.
   Sec. ___.  REPEAL.  Chapter 257C, Code 2023, is repealed.
   Sec. ___.  RESCISSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.
   1.  The following Iowa administrative rules are rescinded as of July 1, 2023:
   a.  285 Iowa administrative code, chapter 1.
   b.  791 Iowa administrative code, chapter 1.
   2.  As soon as practicable after July 1, 2023, the Iowa administrative code editor shall remove the language of the Iowa administrative rules referenced in subsection 1 of this section from the Iowa administrative code.>
   9.  Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting <An Act concerning the state rulemaking process, related matters pertaining to agency functions, and including effective date>
   10.  By renumbering as necessary.

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MIKE KLIMESH