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ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

The Iowa Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 17A of the Code of Iowa, provides for the promulgation of administrative rules by state agencies. Administrative rules amplify, clarify, and implement statutory language found in the Code of Iowa. Administrative rules carry the force of law, and are codified in the Iowa Administrative Code.

The Iowa Administrative Code is organized by issuing agency and each agency has an identifying number to uniquely label its rules. The Iowa Department of Public Safety's identifying number is 661. Consequently, Chapter 121 of the Department's administrative rules may be cited as "661 IAC Chapter 121."

In this area of the department's Web site, you will find the following information:

The formal rulemaking docket of the Department of Public Safety, which shows all current rulemaking activity, with links to the actual documents filed and dates of public hearings about proposed rules as well as effective dates of adopted rules.
Links to each chapter of existing administrative rules of the Department of Public Safety.
Procedures to comment on proposed rules or to propose amendments to rules or the adoption of new rules.
The schedule of upcoming public hearings on changes to administrative rules proposed by the department.
The rulemaking plan for amendments and adoption of new rules by the Department of Public Safety during the current fiscal year.

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Created: 05-10-2006 Last Updated: 10-08-2012 (JGL)