Except where otherwise specifically defined by law:
"Contested case" means a proceeding defined by
Iowa Code section
17A.2(5) and includes any matter defined as a no
factual dispute contested case under Iowa Code section
17A.10A.
"Issuance " means the date of mailing of a
decision or order or date of delivery if service is by other means unless
another date is specified in the order
"Party" means each person or agency named or
admitted as a party or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted
as a party.
"Presiding officer " means the state
archaeologist, the designee of the state archaeologist or, under certain
circumstances, the administrative law judge.
"Proposed decision " means the presiding
officer's recommended findings of fact, conclusions of law, decision, and order
in a contested case in which the state archaeologist did not
preside.
Notes
Iowa Admin. Code r. 685-4.3
ARC 9025B, lAB 8/25/10,
effective 9/29/10