Section 17A.6A. Rulemaking internet site.

  1.  Subject to the direction of the administrative rules coordinator, each agency shall make available to the public a uniform, searchable, and user-friendly rules database, published on an internet site.

  2.  An agency’s rulemaking internet site shall also make available to the public all of the following:

  a.  A brief summary of the rulemaking process, including a description of any opportunity for public participation in the process.

  b.  Process forms for filing comments or complaints concerning proposed or adopted rules.

  c.  Process forms and instructions for filing a petition for rulemaking, a petition for a declaratory order, or a request for a waiver of an administrative rule.

  d.  Any other material prescribed by the administrative rules coordinator.

  3.  To the extent practicable, the administrative rules coordinator shall create a uniform format for rulemaking internet sites.

2012 Acts, ch 1138, §18