The Iowa Administrative Procedure Act has long required agencies to adopt rules regarding declaratory orders. To satisfy these obligations, the board promulgated Chapter 7 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Chapter 7 is being rescinded consistent with the principles of Executive Order 10 as being either unauthorized or unnecessary.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.new model rules and other applicable laws.