The Iowa Administrative Procedure Act has long required agencies to adopt rules regarding declaratory orders. To satisfy these obligations, the board promulgated Chapter 4 consistent with the Uniform Rules on Agency Procedure.
2024 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2370, rescinds some applicable law (section 4) and creates a new related statute (section 12). The new statute states that the administrative rules coordinator, in partnership with the Iowa Attorney Generalβs Office, may adopt a new set of uniform model rules that will automatically apply to agencies in the absence of self-promulgated rules (more information can be found in Iowa Code section 17A.24 as enacted by 2024 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2370).
Chapter 4 is being rescinded consistent with the principles of Executive Order 10 as being either unauthorized or unnecessary. IPIB will instead operate under the new model rules and other applicable laws.