Executive Order 10

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Executive Rk doiione

In THE NAME AND By THE AuTHority of THe STATE OF lowa

IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF IOWA

EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER TEN

WHEREAS, ‘The issuance of efficient, effective, and lawful agency rules that promote the public interest, and provide benefits which exceed their cous, requires relevant agency personne! to be familiar with ail of the legal requirements applicable to the rule-making process, and to be proficient im the skills necessary to ensure that high quality edmuntstrative rules are drafted: and

WHEREAS, expertise in the issuance of efficient, and effective rules may vary from agency to agency, and

WHEREAS, thes admunistraton launched a quality and ¢fficsency in government mitiatrve on February §, 1999, wherein a task force was assembled to prepare and submit a serics of recommendations to the Governor on the creation of a process for reviewing and streamlining existing state regulations and the rule-making process as a whole; and

WHEREAS, the task force has been charged with the task of preparing a series of recommendations for creating a system to improve the execution of state government, thereby benefiting the people of this state, and improving the state's economy; and

WHEREAS, accessibility to an executive branch institution that conducts an educational program on agency rule-making, on an on-going basis, would assist agencies in crafting a high quality and successful rule-making product.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Thomas J. Vilsack, Governor of the State of lowa, by the power vested in me by the laws and the constitution of the State of lowa do hereby order that:

i The Quality in Rule-making Committee is hereby created. Le Papose-

ey es ee ene a eee and adeunistcring a program to famihanze agency pervonne! with, and cquap them to

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committee shall wain agency personne! to formulate and draft high quality narrowly

crafted rules that are as precise, clear, and casy to understand as possible. Finally, this

agency to assess the benefits and costs of agency rules and their effectivencss.

Organization

The Quality in Rule-making Committee shall be appointed by the Governor, and shall report to Director of the Department of Management on a quarterly basis to provide status updates.

IV. Punding

Ongoing funding for the Quality in Rule-making Commutice shall be provided by cach state agency on an equitable basis. The Department of Management shall prepare an equitable contribution schedule of agency resources and personnel to be used to produce various educational rule-making programs, based upon the benefit that cach agency would confer or receive by particepating in the programming.

Specific methodology and coordination shall be determined by the Quality in Rulemaking Committee, with advice from the Governor, Since attendance by relevant

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agency personne! will enhance the overall management of state government, the decision on whether relevant agency personne! will attend various educational! programs shal! not solely rest with the discretion of the individual agency beads. The Director of the Office of Management shall make the final decision on agency participation in a particular program, pursuant to this executive order, in the event of agency opposition to commuticc inatuatives

Members on the Quality in Rulemaking Commitice will be appointed by the Governor for a term to begin on January |, 2000, and conclude on December 31, 2000, All subsequent terms shall run for a period of one (1) year. All members of the Quality in Rulemaking Committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, | have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Great Seal of lowa to be affixed. Done at Des Moines this 14* day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine.

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