Section 185.3.3. Intervention.

       3.3(1) Qualified persons. Persons who qualify under any applicable provision of law as an intervenor and who file a petition for intervention within 15 days of the filing of a petition for declaratory order (after time for notice under rule 3.2(17A) and before 30-day time for agency action under 3.8(17A)) shall be allowed to intervene in a proceeding for a declaratory order.

       3.3(2) Agency discretion. Any person who files a petition for intervention at any time prior to the issuance of an order may be allowed to intervene in a proceeding for a declaratory order at the discretion of the division.

       3.3(3) Filing of petition. A petition for intervention shall be filed at 1918 S.E. Hulsizer Road, Ankeny, Iowa 50021. Such a petition is deemed filed when it is received by that office. The division will provide the petitioner with a file-stamped copy of the petition for intervention if the petitioner provides an extra copy for this purpose. A petition for intervention shall be typewritten or legibly handwritten in ink and shall substantially conform to the following form:

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DIVISION
Petition by (Name of Original Petitioner) for a Declaratory Order on (Cite provisions of law cited in original petition).	}	PETITION FOR INTERVENTION

The petition for intervention shall provide the following information:

        1.            Facts supporting the intervenor’s standing and qualifications for intervention.

        2.            The answers urged by the intervenor to the question or questions presented and a summary of the reasons urged in support of those answers.

        3.            Reasons for requesting intervention and disclosure of the intervenor’s interest in the outcome.

        4.            A statement indicating whether the intervenor is currently a party to any proceeding involving the questions at issue and whether, to the intervenor’s knowledge, those questions have been decided by, are pending determination by, or are under investigation by, any governmental entity.

        5.            The names and addresses of any additional persons, or a description of any additional class of persons, known by the intervenor to be affected by, or interested in, the questions presented.

        6.            Whether the intervenor consents to be bound by the determination of the matters presented in the declaratory order proceeding.

The petition shall be dated and signed by the intervenor or the intervenor’s representative. It shall also include the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the intervenor and intervenor’s representative, and a statement indicating the person to whom communications should be directed.

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