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House Journal: Page 1715: Wednesday, April 17, 1996

45     Sec. 26.  Section 476.65, Code 1995, is repealed.
46     Sec. 27.  APPLICABILITY TO EXISTING CONTRACTS.  The
47   provisions of this Act relating to alternate energy
48   shall not affect the terms and conditions of any
49   contract between an alternate energy production
50   facility or small hydro facility and an electric

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 1   utility that was entered into pursuant to sections
 2   476.43 and 476.44 for purchase of alternate energy if
 3   the contract was entered into prior to the effective
 4   date of this Act.  In addition, this Act shall not
 5   affect potential contracts between alternate energy
 6   production facilities and electric utilities if a
 7   petition relating to the potential contracts has been
 8   filed by January 1, 1996, and an action is currently
 9   pending before the Iowa utilities board.  For purposes
10   of the pending actions, the Iowa utilities board shall
11   not take into account the changes contained in this
12   Act.
13     Sec. 28.  It is the intent of the general assembly
14   that persons who have proceeded in good faith under
15   the terms and conditions of sections 476.43 and
16   476.44, prior to their amendment by this Act, not
17   suffer economic loss as a result of this Act.  These
18   persons shall be reimbursed by the utilities for their
19   reasonable good faith development costs as determined
20   by the Iowa utilities board.
21     Sec. 29.  Section 10 of this Act, being deemed of
22   immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment."
23     2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 4 and
24   inserting the following:  "An Act relating to energy
25   efficiency and alternate energy programs, electric and
26   gas public utility energy efficiency mandates, and the
27   Iowa energy center and the center for global and
28   regional environmental research and requiring the
29   location of a principal office within the state and
30   providing an effective date and providing an
31   applicability provision."
Amendment H-5984 was adopted.
With the adoption of amendment H-5984, the following amendments
were out of order:

H-5227 filed by Nelson of Pottawattamie and Fallon on March 6,
1996.
H-5332 filed by Shoultz of Black Hawk, et. al., on March 12,
1996.
H-5333 filed by Shoultz of Black Hawk, et. al., on March 12,
1996.
H-5334 filed by Shoultz of Black Hawk, et. al., on March 12,
1996.
H-5335 filed by Mascher of Johnson, et. al., on March 12, 1996.

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