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    CHAPTER 1126IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS — RULEMAKINGH.F. 2449AN ACT concerning the implementation and administration of Acts of the general assembly through administrative rulemakings and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:   Section 1.   Section 17A.4, Code 2016, is amended by adding the following new subsection:   NEW SUBSECTION.  10.  a.  If a provision of an Act of the general assembly expressly requires rulemaking by an agency, or if another statute that governs or is directly related to a provision of an Act of the general assembly expressly requires rulemaking by an agency, the agency shall make one of the following submissions regarding such rulemaking within one hundred eighty days of the date on which the provision becomes effective:   (1)  Submit a notice of intended action to the administrative rules coordinator and the administrative code editor pursuant to subsection 1.   (2)  Submit written notification to the administrative rules review committee that the agency has not submitted a notice of intended action to the administrative rules coordinator and the administrative code editor pursuant to subsection 1. The notification shall include the provision of the Act of the general assembly for which rulemaking is required, the subject matter of the provision, an explanation of the delay in the submission of a notice of intended action, and an estimated timeline for submission of a notice of intended action.   b.  This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit an agency from conducting rulemaking relating to a provision of an Act of the general assembly for which a submission was not made pursuant to paragraph “a”. This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit an agency from conducting additional rulemaking subsequent to completion of any rulemaking for which a submission was made pursuant to paragraph “a”.   Sec. 2.   EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.   Sec. 3.   RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies retroactively to any provisions of Acts enacted on or after January 11, 2016.Approved May 27, 2016