Iowa Admin. Code r. 531-3.13

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

Rule 531-3.13 - Agency rule-making record

(1)Requirement. The lottery shall maintain an official rule-making record for each rule it proposes by publication in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin of a Notice of Intended Action, or adopts. The rule-making record and materials incorporated by reference must be available for public inspection.

(2)Contents. The lottery rule-making record shall contain:

a. Copies of all publications in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin with respect to the rule or the proceeding upon which the rule is based and any file-stamped copies of agency submissions to the administrative rules coordinator concerning that rule or the proceeding upon which it is based;

b. Copies of any portions of the lottery's public rule-making docket containing entries relating to the rule or the proceeding upon which the rule is based;

c. All written petitions, requests, and submissions received by the lottery, and all other written materials of a factual nature as distinguished from opinion that are relevant to the merits of the rule and that were created or compiled by the lottery and considered by the chief executive officer of the lottery, in connection with the formulation, proposal, or adoption of the rule or the proceeding upon which the rule is based, except to the extent the lottery is authorized by law to keep them confidential; provided, however, that when any such materials are deleted because they are authorized by law to be kept confidential, the lottery shall identify in the record the particular materials deleted and state the reasons for that deletion;

d. Any official transcript of oral presentations made in the proceeding upon which the rule is based or, if not transcribed, the stenographic record or electronic recording of those presentations, and any memorandum prepared by a presiding officer summarizing the contents of those presentations;

e. A copy of any regulatory analysis or fiscal impact statement prepared for the proceeding upon which the rule is based;

f. A copy of the rule and any concise statement of reasons prepared for that rule;

g. All petitions for amendments or repeal or suspension of the rule;

h. A copy of any objection to the issuance of that rule without public notice and participation that was filed pursuant to Iowa Code section I7A.4(2) by the administrative rules review committee, the governor, or the attorney general;

i. A copy of any objection to the rule filed by the administrative rules review committee, the governor, or the attorney general pursuant to Iowa Code section I7A.4(4), and any agency response to that objection;

j. A copy of any significant written criticism of the rule, including a summary of any petitions for waiver of the rule; and

k. Acopy of any executive order concerning the rule.

(3)Effect of record. Except as otherwise required by a provision of law, the lottery rule-making record required by this rule need not constitute the exclusive basis for agency action on that rule.

(4)Maintenance of record.

a. The lottery shall maintain the rule-making record for a period of not less than five years from the later of the date the rule to which it pertains became effective or the date of the Notice of Intended Action.

b. The lottery will maintain a separate file of any written criticism received regarding any of its rules for a period of not less than five years from the date the first written criticism for a rule was received as described in 3.13(2)"g, " "h, " "i, " or"j. "

Iowa Admin. Code r. 531-3.13