House File 117 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY STRUYK, HUSER, MERTZ,
PETERSEN, and LUKAN
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act establishing a regulatory efficiency commission.
2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. REGULATORY EFFICIENCY COMMISSION.
1 2 1. A regulatory efficiency commission is established for
1 3 purposes of identifying unneeded regulations, fines, and fees
1 4 that hinder business development. The commission shall also
1 5 identify methods for streamlining access to regulatory
1 6 information.
1 7 2. The commission shall consist of eight voting members
1 8 appointed by the governor and four ex officio members.
1 9 a. The eight voting members appointed by the governor are
1 10 subject to the requirements of sections 69.16, 69.16A, and
1 11 69.19. The eight members shall consist of the following:
1 12 (1) Two members shall be economic development
1 13 representatives from two different chambers of commerce. One
1 14 shall be from a metropolitan area with more than fifty
1 15 thousand people and one shall be from a metropolitan area with
1 16 fifty thousand people or less.
1 17 (2) Two members representing agricultural interests.
1 18 (3) One member representing the Iowa association of
1 19 business and industry.
1 20 (4) Two members representing commercial=based and
1 21 manufacturing=based businesses.
1 22 (5) One member representing the Iowa environmental
1 23 council.
1 24 b. The four ex officio members shall be members of the
1 25 general assembly. Two members shall be from the senate and
1 26 two members shall be from the house of representatives, with
1 27 not more than one member from each chamber being from the same
1 28 political party. The two senators shall be designated by the
1 29 president of the senate after consultation with the majority
1 30 and minority leaders of the senate. The two representatives
1 31 shall be designated by the speaker of the house of
1 32 representatives after consultation with the majority and
1 33 minority leaders of the house of representatives. Legislative
1 34 members shall serve in an ex officio, nonvoting capacity.
1 35 3. Meetings of the commission are subject to the
2 1 provisions of chapter 21.
2 2 4. By January 10, 2006, the commission shall submit a
2 3 written report to the governor and the general assembly. The
2 4 report shall include the findings and legislative
2 5 recommendations of the commission. The report shall be
2 6 distributed by the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk
2 7 of the house of representatives to the chairpersons and
2 8 members of the administrative rules review committee and the
2 9 economic growth committees in the senate and the house of
2 10 representatives.
2 11 Sec. 2. APPOINTMENTS DURING BIPARTISAN CONTROL.
2 12 Appointments of general assembly members of the regulatory
2 13 efficiency commission created pursuant to this Act which are
2 14 to be made by the president of the senate or by the majority
2 15 or minority leader of the senate during the period that the
2 16 senate for the Eighty=First General Assembly is composed of an
2 17 equal number of members of each major political party, shall
2 18 be made jointly by the co=presidents or co=floor leaders, as
2 19 appropriate, in accordance with Senate Resolution 1, adopted
2 20 during the 2005 legislative session.
2 21 EXPLANATION
2 22 This bill establishes a regulatory efficiency commission
2 23 for purposes of identifying unneeded regulations, fines, and
2 24 fees that hinder business development. The bill provides that
2 25 the commission shall also identify methods for streamlining
2 26 access to regulatory information. The bill provides that the
2 27 commission shall consist of eight voting members appointed by
2 28 the governor and four nonvoting ex officio members of the
2 29 general assembly. The bill provides that the meetings of the
2 30 commission are subject to open meetings laws. The bill
2 31 provides that, by January 10, 2006, the commission shall
2 32 submit a written report to the governor and the general
2 33 assembly that includes the findings and legislative
2 34 recommendations of the commission. The bill provides that the
2 35 report shall be distributed by the secretary of the senate and
3 1 the chief clerk of the house of representatives to the
3 2 chairpersons and members of the administrative rules review
3 3 committee and the economic growth committees in the senate and
3 4 the house of representatives.
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