House File 1 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 1 BY UPMEYER , JONES , HANUSA , WINDSCHITL , DEYOE , PETTENGILL , KAUFMANN , HOLZ , McKEAN , NUNN , BERGAN , HOLT , BAXTER , HAGER , KLEIN , GRASSLEY , HAGENOW , VANDER LINDEN , HIGHFILL , SALMON , WATTS , BAUDLER , SEXTON , SHEETS , GASSMAN , HEATON , MOHR , LANDON , KOESTER , WILLS , COWNIE , GUSTAFSON , PAUSTIAN , CARLIN , KERR , BLOOMINGDALE , LUNDGREN , ZUMBACH , BALTIMORE , RIZER , HINSON , MOORE , CARLSON , MOMMSEN , WORTHAN , BEST , ROGERS , HEIN , WHEELER , HEARTSILL , DOLECHECK , SIECK , FISHER , and HUSEMAN 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 1986YH (5) 87 ec/nh

H.F. 1 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 applicable. 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-seventh general assembly, 2018 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 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 28 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 29 This bill addresses regular review of programs and projects 30 administered by executive branch departments by providing for 31 implementation of an organized system of ongoing repeal dates 32 for the programs and projects. Code section 8.2 defines the 33 term “department” to mean any executive department, commission, 34 board, institution, bureau, office, or other agency of the 35 -1- LSB 1986YH (5) 87 ec/nh 1/ 2

H.F. 1 state government, that uses, expends, or receives any state 1 funds. 2 New Code section 8.71 states legislative findings as to 3 the purposes for performing a regular review of programs 4 and projects. The committees on state government of the 5 senate and house of representatives are directed to propose 6 legislation for the eighty-seventh general assembly, 2018 7 session, providing a staggered schedule for establishing an 8 automatic repeal date for each program or project administered 9 by a department over the succeeding five-year period. The 10 committees on state government are required to consult with 11 the office of the governor and the department of management 12 in formulating the staggered schedule and the office and the 13 department are required to cooperate in providing information 14 requested by either committee. The repeal date provisions are 15 required to be implemented in a manner so that any program 16 or project that is reauthorized by law is again subject to 17 automatic repeal five years after reauthorization. 18 -2- LSB 1986YH (5) 87 ec/nh 2/ 2