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House File 853 -H-8223 ReprintedAmend HOUSEHouse FILEFile 853 BYas COMMITTEEfollows: ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HF 36) (As Amended and Passed by the House March 17, 2026) A BILL FOR An Act relating to interpretation of law in administrative and judicial proceedings under the Iowa administrative procedure Act.
BE1. IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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Shall give appropriate deference to the view of the agency licensing board with respect to particular matters that have been vested by a provision of law in the discretion of the HF 853.3447 (2) 91 -1- je/ko 1/2 agency licensing board.
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In an action brought by or against an agency that is not a licensing board as defined in section 272C.1, the court or officer, after applying all customary tools of interpretation, must exercise any remaining doubt in favor of a reasonable interpretation that limits agency authority.authority.> ______________________________ GUSTOFF of Polk HF 853.3447 (2) 91 -2- je/ko 2/2
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