Iowa Admin. Code r. 261-197.4 - Authority consideration

(1) Meeting. Upon request by the petitioner in the petition, the authority shall schedule a brief and informal meeting between the petitioner and authority staff to discuss the petition. The authority may request the petitioner to submit additional information or argument concerning the petition. The authority may also solicit comments from any person on the substance of the petition. Also, comments on the substance of the petition may be submitted to the authority by any person.

(2) Action on petition. Within 60 days after the filing of the petition, or within any longer period agreed to by the petitioner, the authority shall, in writing, deny the petition, and notify petitioner of its action and the specific grounds for the denial, or grant the petition and notify petitioner that it has instituted rule-making proceedings on the subject of the petition. Petitioner shall be deemed notified of the denial or grant of the petition on the date when the authority mails or delivers the required notification to petitioner. The authority shall submit the petition and the disposition of the petition to the administrative rules review committee.

(3) Denial of petition for nonconformance with form. Denial of a petition because it does not substantially conform to the required form does not preclude the filing of a new petition on the same subject that seeks to eliminate the grounds for rejection of the petition.

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Iowa Admin. Code r. 261-197.4

Amended by IAB June 16, 2021/Volume XLIII, Number 26, effective 7/21/2021