17A.23 - CONSTRUCTION.
17A.23 CONSTRUCTION.
Except as expressly provided otherwise by this chapter or by
another statute referring to this chapter by name, the rights created
and the requirements imposed by this chapter shall be in addition to
those created or imposed by every other statute in existence on July
1, 1975, or enacted after that date. If any other statute in
existence on July 1, 1975, or enacted after that date diminishes a
right conferred upon a person by this chapter or diminishes a
requirement imposed upon an agency by this chapter, this chapter
shall take precedence unless the other statute expressly provides
that it shall take precedence over all or some specified portion of
this named chapter.
This chapter shall be construed broadly to effectuate its
purposes. This chapter shall also be construed to apply to all
agencies not expressly exempted by this chapter or by another statute
specifically referring to this chapter by name; and except as to
proceedings in process on July 1, 1975, this chapter shall be
construed to apply to all covered agency proceedings and all agency
action not expressly exempted by this chapter or by another statute
specifically referring to this chapter by name.
An agency shall have only that authority or discretion delegated
to or conferred upon the agency by law and shall not expand or
enlarge its authority or discretion beyond the powers delegated to or
conferred upon the agency. Section History: Early Form
[C75, 77, 79, 81, § 17A.23] Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 83, § 11; 98 Acts, ch 1202, §25, 46; 2005 Acts, ch 3,
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