Senate
File
1
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Enrolled
Senate
File
1
AN
ACT
REQUIRING
JOBS
IMPACT
STATEMENTS
FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE
RULES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
17A.4B
Job
impact
statement.
1.
a.
“Benefit”
means
the
reasonably
identifiable
and
quantifiable
positive
effect
or
outcome
that
is
expected
to
result
from
implementation
of
a
rule.
b.
“Cost”
means
reasonably
identifiable,
significant,
direct
or
indirect,
economic
impact
that
is
expected
to
result
from
implementation
of
and
compliance
with
a
rule.
c.
“Cost-benefit
analysis”
means
regulatory
analysis
to
provide
the
public
with
transparency
regarding
the
cost-effectiveness
of
a
rule,
including
the
economic
costs
and
benefits
and
the
effectiveness
weighed
by
the
agency
in
adopting
the
rule.
“Cost-benefit
analysis”
includes
a
comparison
of
the
probable
costs
and
benefits
of
a
rule
to
the
probable
costs
and
benefits
of
less
intrusive
or
less
expensive
methods
that
exist
for
achieving
the
purpose
of
the
rule.
d.
“Jobs”
means
private
sector
employment
including
self-employment
and
areas
for
potential
for
employment
growth.
e.
“Jobs
impact
statement”
means
a
statement
that
does
all
of
the
following:
Senate
File
1,
p.
2
(1)
Identifies
the
purpose
of
a
rule
and
the
applicable
section
of
the
statute
that
provides
specific
legal
authority
for
the
agency
to
adopt
the
rule.
(2)
Identifies
and
describes
the
cost
that
the
agency
anticipates
state
agencies,
local
governments,
the
public,
and
the
regulated
entities,
including
regulated
businesses
and
self-employed
individuals,
will
incur
due
to
implementing
and
complying
with
a
rule.
(3)
Determines
whether
a
rule
would
have
a
positive
or
negative
impact
on
private
sector
jobs
and
employment
opportunities
in
Iowa.
(4)
Describes
and
quantifies
the
nature
of
the
impact
a
rule
will
have
on
private
sector
jobs
and
employment
opportunities
including
the
categories
of
jobs
and
employment
opportunities
that
are
affected
by
the
rule,
and
the
number
of
jobs
or
potential
job
opportunities
and
the
regions
of
the
state
affected
by
the
rule.
(5)
Identifies,
where
possible,
the
additional
costs
to
employers
per
employee
due
to
implementing
and
complying
with
a
rule.
(6)
Includes
other
relevant
analysis
requested
by
the
administrative
rules
coordinator.
2.
Prior
to
implementation
of
a
rule,
an
agency
shall
take
steps
to
minimize
the
adverse
impact
on
jobs
and
the
development
of
new
employment
opportunities
due
to
implementation
of
the
rule.
3.
An
agency
shall
provide
a
jobs
impact
statement
to
the
administrative
rules
coordinator
prior
to
publication
of
a
notice
of
intended
action
or
the
publication
of
a
rule
filed
without
notice
pursuant
to
section
17A.4,
subsection
3.
4.
The
jobs
impact
statement
shall
be
published
as
part
of
the
preamble
to
the
notice
of
rulemaking
in
the
Iowa
administrative
bulletin,
unless
the
administrative
rules
coordinator
determines
that
publication
of
the
entire
jobs
impact
statement
would
be
unnecessary
or
impractical.
5.
An
agency
shall
accept
comments
and
information
from
stakeholders
prior
to
final
preparation
of
the
jobs
impact
statement.
Any
concerned
private
sector
employer
or
self-employed
individual,
potential
employer,
potential
small
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p.
3
business,
or
member
of
the
public
may
submit
information
relating
to
a
jobs
impact
statement
prior
to
publication
of
a
notice
of
intended
action
or
publication
of
a
rule
filed
without
notice
pursuant
to
section
17A.4,
subsection
3.
An
agency
may
request
that
such
information
be
submitted
to
the
agency.
6.
If
a
jobs
impact
statement
is
revised
after
a
notice
of
intended
action
or
a
rule
filed
without
notice
pursuant
to
section
17A.4,
subsection
3,
is
published,
the
revised
jobs
impact
statement
shall
be
published
as
part
of
the
preamble
to
the
adopted
version
of
the
rule,
unless
the
administrative
rules
coordinator
determines
that
publication
of
the
entire
jobs
impact
statement
would
be
unnecessary
or
impractical.
7.
The
analysis
in
the
jobs
impact
statement
shall
give
particular
weight
to
jobs
in
production
sectors
of
the
economy
which
includes
the
manufacturing
and
agricultural
sectors
of
the
economy
and
shall
include
analysis,
where
applicable,
of
the
impact
of
the
rule
on
expansion
of
existing
businesses
or
facilities.
8.
The
administrative
rules
coordinator
may
waive
the
jobs
impact
statement
requirement
for
rules
proposed
under
section
17A.4,
subsection
3,
or
section
17A.5,
subsection
2,
paragraph
“b”
.
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
1,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor