(1) Persons who
qualify under any applicable provision of law as an intervenor and who file a
petition for intervention within 25 days of the filing of a petition for
declaratory order shall be allowed to intervene in a proceeding for a
declaratory order
(2) Any person
who files a petition for intervention at any time prior to the issuance of an
order may be allowed to intervene in a proceeding for a declaratory order at
the discretion of the department of the treasurer of state.
(3) A petition for intervention shall be
filed at the department of the treasurer of state at Treasurer of State, State
Capitol Building, Des Moines, Iowa 50319. Such a petition is deemed filed when
it is received by that office. The department of the treasurer of state will
provide the petitioner with a file-stamped copy of the petition for
intervention if the petitioner provides an extra copy for this purpose. A
petition for intervention must be typewritten or legibly handwritten in ink and
must substantially conform to the following form:
TREASURER OF STATE
Petition by (Name of Original Petitioner) for a Declaratory
Order on (Cite provisions of law cited in original petition)
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PETITION FOR INTERVENTION
The petition for intervention must provide the following
information:
1. Facts supporting the
intervenor's standing and qualifications for intervention.
2. The answers urged by the intervenor to the
question or questions presented and a summary of the reasons urged in support
of those answers.
3. Reasons for
requesting intervention and disclosure of the intervenor's interest in the
outcome.
4. A statement indicating
whether the intervenor is currently a party to any proceeding involving the
questions at issue and whether, to the intervenor's knowledge, those questions
have been decided by, are pending determination by, or are under investigation
by, any governmental entity.
5. The
names and addresses of any additional persons, or a description of any
additional class of persons, known by the intervenor to be affected by, or
interested in, the questions presented.
6. Whether the intervenor consents to be
bound by the determination of the matters presented in the declaratory order
proceeding.
The petition must be dated and signed by the intervenor or the
intervenor's representative. It must also include the name, mailing address,
and telephone number of the intervenor and intervenor's representative, and a
statement indicating the person to whom communications should be
directed.
