House File 2119 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2119 BY RAECKER , ALONS , ANDERSON , ARNOLD , BAUDLER , CHAMBERS , COWNIE , DE BOEF , DEYOE , DOLECHECK , DRAKE , FORRISTALL , GRASSLEY , HAGENOW , HEATON , HELLAND , HORBACH , HUSEMAN , KAUFMANN , KOESTER , LUKAN , MAY , L. MILLER , S. OLSON , PAULSEN , PETTENGILL , RANTS , RAYHONS , ROBERTS , SANDS , SCHULTE , SCHULTZ , SODERBERG , SORENSON , STRUYK , SWEENEY , TJEPKES , TYMESON , UPMEYER , VAN ENGELENHOVEN , WAGNER , WATTS , WINDSCHITL , and WORTHAN A BILL FOR An Act establishing an organized system of reviews and ongoing 1 repeal dates for programs and projects administered by 2 executive branch departments. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5174YH (4) 83 jp/rj

H.F. 2119 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 8.71 Ongoing program review —— 1 repeal dates. 2 1. The general assembly finds that a regular review of 3 the programs and projects administered by state government is 4 necessary to determine whether each program and project is 5 effectively and efficiently meeting the needs for which created 6 and whether the needs remain in place. The general assembly 7 further finds that a regular, systematic review process can 8 identify the programs and projects that are no longer relevant 9 or functioning at a desirable level and can eliminate or 10 reorganize those programs and projects so that state resources 11 can be used most effectively or diverted to other priorities. 12 2. The committees on state government of the senate 13 and house of representatives shall propose legislation for 14 consideration by the Eighty-fourth General Assembly, 2011 15 Session, providing a staggered schedule for establishing an 16 automatic repeal date for each program or project administered 17 by a department of state government over the succeeding 18 five-year period. The committees on state government shall 19 consult with the office of the governor and the department 20 of management in formulating the staggered schedule and the 21 office and department shall cooperate in providing necessary 22 information requested by either committee. The repeal date 23 provisions shall be implemented in a manner so that any program 24 or project that is reauthorized by law is again subject to 25 automatic repeal five years after reauthorization. 26 EXPLANATION 27 This bill addresses regular review of programs and projects 28 administered by executive branch departments by providing for 29 implementation of an organized system of ongoing repeal dates 30 for the programs and projects. Code section 8.2 defines the 31 term “department” to mean any executive department, commission, 32 board, institution, bureau, office, or other agency of the 33 state government, that uses, expends, or receives any state 34 funds. 35 -1- LSB 5174YH (4) 83 jp/rj 1/ 2

H.F. 2119 New Code section 8.71 states legislative findings as to 1 the purposes for performing a regular review of programs and 2 projects. The committees on state government of the senate and 3 house of representatives are directed to propose legislation 4 for the Eighty-fourth General Assembly, 2011 Session, providing 5 a staggered schedule for establishing an automatic repeal 6 date for each program or project administered by a department 7 over the succeeding five-year period. The committees on 8 state government are required to consult with the office of 9 the governor and the department of management in formulating 10 the staggered schedule and the office and the department are 11 required to cooperate in providing information requested by 12 either committee. The repeal date provisions are required to 13 be implemented in a manner so that any program or project that 14 is reauthorized by law is again subject to automatic repeal 15 five years after reauthorization. 16 -2- LSB 5174YH (4) 83 jp/rj 2/ 2