Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 351 - Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, Iowa
Chapter 11 - Contested Case Procedures
Rule 351-11.2 - Definitions

Except where otherwise specifically defined by law:

"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.

"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

"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 board member designated to be the presiding officer or the administrative law judge assigned by the department of inspections and appeals division of administrative hearings. However, with regard to substantive or dispositive motions, "presiding officer" means all participating members of the board.

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