House Study Bill 655 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SCHULTZ) A BILL FOR An Act creating a derelict building grant program and fund and 1 making appropriations. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6166YC (3) 85 tm/rj

H.F. _____ Section 1. NEW SECTION . 455B.861 Derelict building grant 1 program —— fund. 2 1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise 3 requires: 4 a. “Abandoned building” means a building that is owned by an 5 eligible community that has been abandoned for three or more 6 years. 7 b. “Eligible community” means a city with a population of 8 five thousand or fewer or a school district that includes a 9 population of five thousand or fewer. 10 2. The department shall establish and administer a derelict 11 building grant program to provide financial assistance 12 to eligible communities to address abandoned buildings by 13 promoting waste abatement, diversion, selective dismantlement 14 of building components, and recycling. The program shall be 15 administered in accordance with rules adopted by the commission 16 pursuant to chapter 17A. 17 3. Financial assistance under the program shall consist 18 of grants in an amount not to exceed five hundred thousand 19 dollars. A grant shall not exceed seventy-five percent of the 20 total costs of promoting waste abatement, diversion, selective 21 dismantlement, and recycling of a single abandoned building. 22 4. Eligible costs for financial assistance under the 23 program include but are not limited to asbestos and other 24 hazardous material abatement and removal, the recovery and 25 processing of recyclable or reusable material through selective 26 dismantlement, and reimbursement for purchased recycled content 27 materials used in the renovation of buildings. 28 5. a. A derelict building grant fund is created in the 29 state treasury under the control of the department. The fund 30 shall include moneys appropriated by the general assembly and 31 any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the 32 department, including moneys from public or private sources. 33 Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department and shall 34 be used exclusively to carry out the provisions of this section 35 -1- LSB 6166YC (3) 85 tm/rj 1/ 3

H.F. _____ as determined by the department, and shall not require further 1 special authorization by the general assembly. 2 b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this 3 section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of 4 the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for 5 expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the 6 fiscal year that ends five years after the end of the fiscal 7 year for which the appropriation was made. 8 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the 9 general fund of the state to the department of natural 10 resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and 11 ending June 30, 2015, the following amount, for deposit in the 12 derelict building grant fund: 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 25,000,000 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 This bill requires the department of natural resources to 18 create a derelict building grant program to provide financial 19 assistance to eligible communities to address abandoned 20 buildings by promoting waste abatement, diversion, selective 21 dismantlement of building components, and recycling. Under 22 the program, an eligible community is a city with a population 23 of 5,000 or fewer or a school district that includes a 24 population of 5,000 or fewer. Financial assistance under the 25 program shall consist of grants in an amount not to exceed 26 $500,000 and a grant shall not exceed 75 percent of the total 27 costs of promoting waste abatement, diversion, selective 28 dismantlement, and recycling of a single abandoned building. 29 Eligible costs for financial assistance include but are not 30 limited to asbestos and other hazardous material abatement and 31 removal, the recovery and processing of recyclable or reusable 32 material through selective dismantlement, and reimbursement for 33 purchased recycled content materials used in the renovation of 34 buildings. 35 -2- LSB 6166YC (3) 85 tm/rj 2/ 3

H.F. _____ The bill creates a derelict building grant fund in the state 1 treasury under the control of the department. 2 The bill appropriates $25 million to the department for FY 3 2014-2015 for deposit in the derelict building grant fund. 4 -3- LSB 6166YC (3) 85 tm/rj 3/ 3