Iowa Admin. Code r. 605-2.1

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, December 11, 2024

Rule 605-2.1 - Petition for rule making

Any person or agency may file a petition for rule making with the department at the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department, 7900 Hickman Road, Suite 500, Windsor Heights, Iowa 50324. A petition is deemed filed when it is received by that office. The department must provide the petitioner with a file-stamped copy of the petition if the petitioner provides the department an extra copy for this purpose. The petition must be typewritten or legibly handwritten in ink and must substantially conform to the following form:

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The petition must provide the following information:

1. A statement of the specific rule-making action sought by the petitioner including the text or a summary of the contents of the proposed rule or amendment to a rule and, if it is a petition to amend or repeal a rule, a citation and the relevant language to the particular portion or portions of the rule proposed to be amended or repealed.

2. A citation to any law deemed relevant to the department's authority to take the action urged or to the desirability of that action.

3. A brief summary of the petitioner's arguments in support of the action urged in the petition.

4. A brief summary of any data supporting the action urged in the petition.

5. The names and addresses of other persons, or a description of any class of persons, known by petitioner to be affected by or interested in, the proposed action which is the subject of the petition.

6. Any request by petitioner for a meeting provided by rule 605-2.4(17A).

(1) The petition must be dated and signed by the petitioner or the petitioner's representative. It must also include the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the petitioner and petitioner's representative, and a statement indicating the person to whom communications concerning the petition should be directed.

(2) The homeland security and emergency management department may deny a petition because it does not substantially conform to the required form.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 605-2.1

ARC 8933B, lAB 7/14/10, effective 8/18/10

Amended by IAB December 9, 2015/Volume XXXVIII, Number 12, effective 1/13/2016