Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 185 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DIVISION
Chapter 10 - CONTESTED CASES
Rule 185-10.2 - Definitions

Except where otherwise specifically defined by law:

"Administrator" means the administrator of the alcoholic beverages division of the department of commerce.

"Contested case" means a proceeding defined by Iowa Code section 17A.2(5) and includes any matter defined as a no factual dispute contested case pursuant to Iowa Code section 17A.10A.

"Division" means the alcoholic beverages division of the department of commerce.

"Hearing complaint" means a statement in writing filed by, or on behalf of, the division, a local authority having jurisdiction, or the department of public safety that sets forth the acts or omissions with which the respondent is charged, including the statute(s) and rule(s) which are alleged to have been violated. The hearing complaint shall be in sufficient detail to enable the preparation of the respondent's defense.

"Issuance" means the date of mailing of a decision or order or date of delivery if service is by other means unless another date is specified in the order.

"Local authority" means "local authority" as defined in Iowa Code section 123.3(30).

"Party" means each person or agency named or admitted as a party or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party.

"Presiding officer" means the administrator, the administrator's designee, or an administrative law judge from the department of inspections and appeals.

"Proposed decision " means the presiding officer's recommended findings of fact, conclusions of law, decision, and order in a contested case in which the administrator did not preside.