20,160 sections across 1,928 Iowa regulatory chapters.
R.547—1.2 Organization and administration
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1.2(1) Purpose. The purpose of the county finance committee is to administer the provisions of Iowa Code section 333A.2 and to make recommendations to the governor, the general assembly, and county officials concerning county budgets and finance. 1.2(2) Membership. The selection,…
R.547—1.3 Meetings
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1.3(1) Organizational meeting. The organizational meeting of the committee will be held at the call of and at a place designated by the chairperson. The officers serve until their successors are appointed. 1.3(2) Other meetings. Meetings may be called by the chairperson of the co…
R.547—1.4 Secretary’s duties
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1.4(1) Notice of meeting. Notice will be given of the time and place of each meeting by the committee’s secretary. 1.4(2) Meeting minutes. Minutes will be kept of all proceedings of each meeting by the committee’s secretary, and the minutes will constitute the official record of …
R.547—1.5 Compensation. Committee members are to be compensated as provided in Iowa Code
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section 333A.3. [ARC 0006D, IAB 1/21/26, effective 2/25/26]
R.547—1.6 Studies and reports. At least five members of the committee are needed to approve any
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guidelines, comments, recommendations and proposed legislation. [ARC 0006D, IAB 1/21/26, effective 2/25/26]
R.547—1.7 County budgets. County budgets will be prepared in accordance with the provisions of
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Iowa Code section 331.434. [ARC 0006D, IAB 1/21/26, effective 2/25/26]
R.547—1.8 Annual financial reports. County annual financial reports will be prepared in accordance
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with the provisions of Iowa Code section 331.403. [ARC 0006D, IAB 1/21/26, effective 2/25/26] These rules are intended to implement Iowa Code section 333A.2. [Filed 10/31/79, Notice 9/19/79—published 11/28/79, effective 1/2/80] [Filed 3/28/85, Notice 10/10/84—published 4/24/85, e…
R.547—2.1 Description
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2.1(1) Purpose. The purpose of the county finance committee is to administer the provisions of Iowa Code section 333A.2 and to make recommendations to the governor, the general assembly and county officials concerning county budgets and finance. 2.1(2) Membership. The selection, …
R.547—2.2 Meetings
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2.2(1) Organizational meeting. The organizational meeting of the committee shall be held at the call of and at a place designated by the chairperson. The officers shall be elected at such time to serve until their successors are elected. 2.2(2) Other meetings. Meetings may be cal…
R.547—2.3 Secretary’s duties
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2.3(1) Notice of meeting. The secretary shall give advance notice of time and place of each meeting. Such notice must be in accordance with section 28A.4. At least one week prior to the date of a meeting, the secretary shall prepare a tentative agenda for the next meeting of the …
R.547—2.4 Compensation
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2.4(1) Committee members are to be compensated as provided in Iowa Code section 333A.3. 2.4(2) Reserved.
R.547—2.5 Adoption, amendment and repeal of administrative rules
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2.5(1) The committee shall adopt, amend or repeal its administrative rules in accordance with the provision of Iowa Code section 17A.4. 2.5(2) Reserved.
R.547—2.6 Petition for adoption, amendment or repeal of a rule
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2.6(1) Any interested person may petition the committee requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule. Such petitions shall be in writing, filed with the committee at its official address. The petition for amendment, repeal, or adoption shall include in separate numbere…
R.547—6.1 Petition for rule making. In lieu of the words “designate office”, insert “Room 12, State
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Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa 50319.” In lieu of the words “AGENCY NAME”, the heading on the petition form should read: BEFORE THE COUNTY FINANCE COMMITTEE
R.547—6.3 Inquiries. In lieu of the words “designate official by full title and address”, insert “County
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Finance Committee, Room 12, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa 50319.” [Filed emergency 4/15/88—published 5/4/88, effective 4/15/88]
R.547—7.1 Petition for declaratory order. In lieu of the words “(designate agency)”, insert
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“committee”. In lieu of the words “(designate office)”, insert “the County Finance Committee, State Capitol, Room 12, Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0015”. In lieu of the words “(AGENCY NAME)”, the heading on the petition form should read: BEFORE THE COUNTY FINANCE COMMITTEE…
R.547—7.12 Effect of a declaratory order. In lieu of the words “(designate agency)”, insert
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“committee”. These rules are intended to implement 1998 Iowa Acts, chapter 1202, section 13. [Filed emergency 4/15/88—published 5/4/88, effective 4/15/88] [Filed 4/30/99, Notice 3/24/99—published 5/19/99, effective 7/1/99]
R.547—7.2 Notice of petition. In lieu of the words “___ days (15 or less)”, insert “15 days”. In lieu of
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the words “(designate agency)”, insert “committee”.
R.547—7.3 Intervention
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7.3(1) In lieu of the words “within ___ days”, insert “within 15 days”. Strike the words “(after time for notice under X.2(17A))”. In lieu of the number “X.8(17A))”, insert “7.8(17A)”. 7.3(2) In lieu of the words “(designate agency)”, insert “the committee”. 7.3(3) In lieu of the…
R.547—7.4 Briefs. In lieu of the words “(designate agency)”, insert “committee”
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R.547—7.5 Inquiries. In lieu of the words “(designate official by full title and address)”, insert “the
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County Finance Committee, State Capitol, Room 12, Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0015”.
R.547—7.6 Service and filing of petitions and other papers
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7.6(2) In lieu of the words “(specify office and address)”, insert “the County Finance Committee, State Capitol, Room 12, Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0015”. In lieu of the words “(agency name)”, insert “committee”. 7.6(3) In lieu of the words “(uniform rule on contested cases X.12(17A…
R.547—7.7 Consideration. In lieu of the words “(designate agency)”, insert “committee”
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R.547—7.8 Action on petition
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7.8(1) In lieu of the words “(designate agency head)”, insert “county finance committee”. 7.8(2) In lieu of the words “(contested case uniform rule X.2(17A))”, insert “rule 481—10.1(10A)”.
R.547—7.9 Refusal to issue order
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7.9(1) In lieu of the words “(designate agency)”, insert “committee”.
R.547—8.10 Exemptions from public rule-making procedures
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8.10(2) Categories exempt. In lieu of the words “(List here narrowly drawn classes of rules where such an exemption is justified and a brief statement of the reasons for exempting each of them)”, insert the following: “a. Rules which are mandated by federal law or regulation in a…
R.547—8.11 Concise statement of reasons
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8.11(1) General. In lieu of the words “specify office and address”, insert “County Finance Committee, Room 12, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa 50319.” These rules are intended to implement Iowa Code chapter 17A as amended by 1998 Iowa Acts, chapter 1202, and Iowa Code section 25B…
R.547—8.5 Public participation
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8.5(1) Written comments. In lieu of the words “identify office and address”, insert “County Finance Committee, Room 12, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa 50319.” 8.5(5) Accessibility. In lieu of the words “(designate office and telephone number)”, insert “the county finance committ…
R.547—8.6 Regulatory analysis
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8.6(2) Mailing list. In lieu of the words “designate office”, insert “County Finance Committee, Room 12, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa 50319.”
R.547—9.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter:
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“Agency.” In lieu of the words “(official or body issuing these rules)”, insert “county finance committee”. As used in these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, “committee” means the county finance committee and “director” means the director of the department of managem…
R.547—9.10 Routine use
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9.10(1) Defined. “Routine use” means the disclosure of a record without the consent of the subject or subjects, for a purpose which is compatible with the purpose for which the record was collected. It includes disclosures required to be made by statute other than the public reco…
R.547—9.11 Consensual disclosure of confidential records
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9.11(1) Consent to disclosure by a subject individual. To the extent permitted by law, the subject may consent in writing to committee disclosure of confidential records as provided in rule 9.7(17A,22). 9.11(2) Complaints to public officials. A letter from a subject of a confiden…
R.547—9.12 Release to subject
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9.12(1) The subject of a confidential record may file a written request to review confidential records about that person as provided in rule 547—6.6(17A,22). However, the committee need not release the following records to the subject: a. The identity of a person providing inform…
R.547—9.13 Availability of records
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9.13(1) General. Committee records are open for public inspection and copying unless otherwise provided by rule or law. 9.13(2) Confidential records. The county finance committee maintains no records that are considered confidential or that are prohibited from public disclosure. …
R.547—9.14 Personally identifiable information. The county finance committee does not maintain
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any records that could be considered personally identifiable.
R.547—9.15 Data processing system. None of the data processing systems used by the agency
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permit the comparison of personally identifiable information in one record system with personally identifiable information in another record system.
R.547—9.16 Other records. The committee maintains a variety of records which do not generally
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contain information pertaining to named individuals. The committee maintains the following records, not heretofore listed, which do not generally contain personally identifiable or confidential information: minutes from the committee meetings, guidelines for program budgeting and…
R.547—9.17 Applicability. This chapter does not:
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1. Require the committee to index or retrieve records which contain information about individuals by that person’s name or other personal identifier. 2. Make available to the general public records which would otherwise not be available under the public records law, Iowa Code cha…
R.547—9.3 Requests for access to records
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9.3(1) Location of record. In lieu of the words “(insert agency head)”, insert “county finance committee, department of management”, and in lieu of the words “(insert agency name and address)”, insert “County Finance Committee, Department of Management, State Capitol, Des Moines,…
R.547—9.9 Disclosures without the consent of the subject
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9.9(1) Open records are routinely disclosed without the consent of the subject. 9.9(2) To the extent allowed by law, disclosure of confidential records may occur without the consent of the subject. Following are instances where disclosure, if lawful, will generally occur without …
R.561—10.1 Criteria for waiver. Upon petition of any person and at the sole discretion of the
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department, the department may issue a waiver from the requirements of a rule if the director or the director’s designee or the department in a contested case proceeding finds, based on clear and convincing evidence, all of the factors as set forth in Iowa Code section 17A.9A(2).…
R.561—10.10 Ruling. A decision granting or denying a waiver shall be in writing and shall contain a
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reference to the particular person and rule or portion thereof to which the decision pertains, a statement of the relevant facts and reasons upon which the action is based, and a description of the precise scope and operative period of the waiver if one is issued. [ARC 9436C, IAB…
R.561—10.11 Conditions. The department may condition the granting of the waiver on such
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reasonable conditions as appropriate to achieve the objectives of the particular rule in question through alternative means. [ARC 9436C, IAB 7/23/25, effective 8/27/25]
R.561—10.12 Time for ruling. The department shall grant or deny a petition for a waiver as soon as
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practicable but, in any event, shall do so within 120 days of receipt of the petition, unless the petitioner agrees to a later date. However, if a petition is filed in a contested case, the department shall grant or deny the petition no later than the time at which the final deci…
R.561—10.13 When deemed denied. Failure of the director or the department in a contested case
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proceeding to grant or deny a petition within the required time period shall be deemed a denial of that petition by the department. [ARC 9436C, IAB 7/23/25, effective 8/27/25]
R.561—10.14 Service of decision. Within seven days of its issuance, any decision issued under this
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chapter shall be transmitted to the petitioner or the person to whom the decision pertains and to any other person entitled to such notice by any provision of law. [ARC 9436C, IAB 7/23/25, effective 8/27/25]
R.561—10.15 Public availability. Subject to the provisions of Iowa Code section 17A.3(1)“e,” the
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department shall maintain a record of all decisions granting and denying waivers under this chapter. All final rulings in response to requests for waivers shall be indexed and available to members of the public. [ARC 9436C, IAB 7/23/25, effective 8/27/25]
R.561—10.16 Voiding or cancellation. A waiver is void if the material facts upon which the request is
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based are not true or if material facts have been withheld. The department may at any time cancel a waiver if the department finds that the facts as stated in the request are not true, material facts have been withheld, the alternative means of compliance provided in the waiver h…
R.561—10.17 Violations. Violation of conditions of the waiver approval is the equivalent of violation
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of the particular rule for which the waiver is granted and is subject to the same remedies or penalties. [ARC 9436C, IAB 7/23/25, effective 8/27/25]
R.561—10.18 Defense. After the department issues a decision granting a waiver, the decision is a
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defense within its terms and the specific facts indicated therein for the person to whom the decision pertains in any proceeding in which the rule in question is sought to be invoked. [ARC 9436C, IAB 7/23/25, effective 8/27/25] These rules are intended to implement Iowa Code chap…