House File 115 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  STRUYK


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                 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:
  3 TLSB 1484YH 82
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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, 2008, 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                           EXPLANATION
  2 12    This bill establishes a regulatory efficiency commission
  2 13 for purposes of identifying unneeded regulations, fines, and
  2 14 fees that hinder business development.  The bill provides that
  2 15 the commission shall also identify methods for streamlining
  2 16 access to regulatory information.  The bill provides that the
  2 17 commission shall consist of eight voting members appointed by
  2 18 the governor and four nonvoting, ex officio members of the
  2 19 general assembly.  The bill provides that the meetings of the
  2 20 commission are subject to open meetings laws.  The bill
  2 21 provides that, by January 10, 2008, the commission shall
  2 22 submit a written report to the governor and the general
  2 23 assembly that includes the findings and legislative
  2 24 recommendations of the commission.  The bill provides that the
  2 25 report shall be distributed by the secretary of the senate and
  2 26 the chief clerk of the house of representatives to the
  2 27 chairpersons and members of the administrative rules review
  2 28 committee and the economic growth committees in the senate and
  2 29 the house of representatives.
  2 30 LSB 1484YH 82
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