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The Rules Docket published here on the web site of the Iowa Finance Authority is the official docket for the agency. Executive Order Number Nine, signed by Governor Vilsack on September 15, 1999, requires each agency of the Executive Branch of the Iowa government to maintain a rule-making docket and to publish the docket on the agency’s web site. This docket lists all rules changes currently in process for the Iowa Finance Authority, from the time notice of proposed rule making is submitted to the Governor’s office through the month when the rule change takes effect. The rule changes are sorted by their effective date.
These rule changes are published, as promulgated, in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin. You may access the text of the notice by clicking on the individual ARC numbers, which will direct your browser to the particular issue in which the filing appeared. Fiscal impact summaries, prepared by the Legislative Services Agency pursuant to Iowa Code § 17A.4(3), are be available at http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IAC.html or at 515.281.5279 prior to the Administrative Rules Review Committee’s review of this rule making.
You may comment on a noticed rule until the date specified in the notice. If you wish to comment on a proposed rule, please submit your comments in writing to the Iowa Finance Authority at 2015 Grand Avenue, Des Moines IA 50312 or contact the person listed in the Administrative Bulletin if you wish to orally comment. You may also inspect the rule-making record, which contains all written submissions on the rule, the fiscal impact statement, any regulatory analysis or concise statement prepared, and any objections to the rule, at the Iowa Finance Authority, 2015 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50312.
| RULE / CHAPTER | DESCRIPTION OF ACTION / CHANGE MADE | COMMENT/ HEARINGS / PUBLICATION DATES |
| 28.2 | Wastewater Treatment and Financial Assistance Program: Removes "or corporation" from the definition of community. This phrase had been inadvertently retained in the final rule adoption, published 11/22/06 in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin | Emergency: 12/27/06 as ARC#5670B Double Barreled: N/A Notice: N/A Rules Review Committee: 2/2/07 at 8 a.m. Public Comment Period: N/A Adopted & Filed: N/A Effective Date: 12/27/2006 |
| 27.2, 27.4(1) |
Military Service Member Home Ownership Assistance Program: Continues the program and reflects the changes adopted by 2007 Iowa Acts, Senate File 95, including clarifying the definition of "eligible service member" and requiring the issuance of a Title Guaranty certificate for any transaction financed by a program grant. | Emergency: 4/3/07 as ARC# 5848B Double Barreled: N/A Notice: N/A Rules Review Committee: 5/8/07 at 9 a.m. Public Comment Period: N/A Adopted & Filed: 3/14/07 Effective Date: 4/3/07 |
| 7.15(5), 7.22(6), 9.20(8)(d) |
Contested Cases: Updates cross-references to Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure to reflect their renumbering. Main purpose is to avoid confusion and ease the administration of IFA programs. | Emergency: 4/3/07 as ARC# 5849B Double Barreled: N/A Notice: N/A Rules Review Committee: 5/8/07 at 9 a.m. Public Comment Period: N/A Adopted & Filed: 12/6/06 Effective Date: 4/3/07 |
| 19.1, 19.2 |
State Housing Trust Fund (SHTF): Adopts IFA SHTF 2008 Allocation Plan for the Local Housing Trust Fund Program, in place of the IFA SHTF 2007 Allocation Plan. Includes updating the year of the effective allocation plan, limiting the scope of the adopted Allocation Plan to the Local Housing Trust Fund Program, and updating IFA's web site address. | Emergency: N/A Double Barreled: N/A Notice: 5/23/07 as ARC# 5891B Rules Review Committee: 6/11/07 at 10 a.m. and 8/14/07 at 10 a.m. Public Hearing: 6/12/07 at 10 a.m. Public Comment: Until 6/12/07 at 4:30 p.m. Adopted & Filed: 6/27/07 as ARC# 6058B Effective Date: 8/22/07 |
| 12.1, 12.2 |
Low-Income Housing Tax Credits: Replaces the current Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) with the 2008 QAP, which is incorporated by reference in rule 12.1(16). | Emergency: N/A Double Barreled: N/A Notice: 7/4/07 as ARC# 6014B Rules Review Committee: 7/10/07 at 11:30 a.m. Public Hearing: 7/24/07 at 9 a.m. Public Comment: Until 7/24/07 at 4:30 p.m. Adopted & Filed: 8/29/07 as ARC# 6195B Effective Date: 10/3/07 |
| 19.1, 19.2 |
State Housing Trust Fund: Completes the bifurcation of the State Housing Trust Fund into two separate allocation plans- One for local housing trust funds, and the other for the project–based housing program. These proposed amendments adopt an allocation plan for the project–based housing program. | Emergency: N/A Double Barreled: N/A Notice: 8/15/07 as ARC# 6159B Rules Review Committee: 10/9/07 at 11:15 a.m. Public Hearing: N/A Public Comment: Until 9/4/07 at 4:30 p.m. Adopted & Filed: 10/3/07 as ARC# 6342B Effective Date: 11/28/07 |
| 25.2, 25.4(3), 25.5 - 25.7 |
Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Program: Moves the daily operations of the program from an outside consultant to the Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services, through the use of a business consultant employed by the Iowa Department of Education’s Vocational Rehabilitation Services Division. These proposed amendments define the role of business planner, specify to whom the applicant will submit an application for technical assistance and financial assistance grants, and clarify that the Authority can monitor the records related to the program. | Emergency: N/A Double Barreled: N/A Notice: 8/15/07 as ARC# 6160B Rules Review Committee: 10/9/07 at 11:15 a.m. Public Hearing: N/A Public Comment: Until 9/4/07 at 4:30 p.m. Adopted & Filed: 10/3/07 as ARC# 6344B Effective Date: 11/28/07 |
| 15 | Purchasing Rules: Proposes a new chapter concerning IFA purchasing rules. The rules outline procedures for when informal or formal bidding must be used, and how such bidding is carried out by the Authority. | Emergency: N/A Double-Barreled: N/A Notice: 8/29/07 as ARC# 6194B Rules Review Committee: 10/9/07 at 11:15 a.m. Public Hearing: N/A Public Comment: Until 9/18/07 at 4:30 p.m. Adopted & Filed: 10/3/07 as ARC# 6343B Effective Date: 11/28/07 |
| 18.1, 18.4 to 18.8, 18.10, 18.13, 18.16 | Waivers and Variances from Administrative Rules: Clarifies and streamlines the process of requesting waivers and variances from the rules adopted by IFA to create a process that is easier and more expedient for petitioners and the Authority. | Emergency: N/A Double Barreled: N/A Notice: 10/24/07 as ARC# 6341B Rules Review Committee: 10/9/07 at 11:15 a.m. Public Hearing: 11/13/07 Public Comment: Until 11/13/07 at 4:30 p.m. Adopted & Filed: 12/5/07 as ARC# 6507B Effective Date: 2/6/08 |
| 26.5(7) | Water Pollution Control Works and Drinking Water Facilities Financing: Amends the definition of “prepayment” to remove a burdensome loan requirement that exists on borrowers under the program. | Emergency: 12/02/07 as ARC#6508B Double Barreled: YES Emergency Effective Date: 12/11/07 Notice: 1/2/2008 as ARC# 6508B Rules Review Committee: TBA Public Hearing: 1/22/2008 (targeted) Public Comment: until 4:30 pm on 1/22/2008 Adopted & Filed: 2/6/08 as ARC# 6622B Effective Date: 4/2/08 |
| 12.3, 12.4 | Notice, Low-Income Housing Tax Credits: Amendments update and replace teh current low-income housing tax credit compliance manual with an update compliance manual which is incorporated by reference in rule 12.3(b) | Emergency: N/A Double Barreled: N/A Notice: 3/26/2008 as ARC# 6681B Rules Review Committee: TBA Public Hearing: 4/15/08 Public Comment: until 4:30 pm on 4/15/08 Adopted & Filed: 3/26/08 Effective Date: 3/26/08 |
