Text: H08664 Text: H08666 Text: H08600 - H08699 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2530 as follows: 1 2 #1. By striking page 157, line 24, through page 1 3 158, line 31, and inserting the following: 1 4 "1. PURPOSE. An intervenor fund in the amount of 1 5 two million one hundred thousand dollars is created, 1 6 to be administered by the board. The fund shall be 1 7 used to reimburse qualified not-for-profit entities 1 8 that intervene in rulemaking proceedings before the 1 9 board associated with rules that are required to be 1 10 proposed by a specific date established by chapter 1 11 476B. 1 12 2. INTERVENOR REQUIREMENTS. In a rulemaking 1 13 proceeding associated with rules that are required to 1 14 be proposed by a specific date established by chapter 1 15 476B, the board may compensate an intervenor 1 16 participating in the rulemaking proceeding that is not 1 17 a delivery service provider, competitive electric 1 18 service provider, or other entity engaged in the 1 19 electric business, for some or all of the reasonable 1 20 costs of participation in the proceeding if the board 1 21 finds both of the following: 1 22 a. The intervenor is a not-for-profit entity 1 23 having at least one hundred members who are residents 1 24 of this state. 1 25 b. Participation by the intervenor is necessary to 1 26 provide for the record an adequate presentation of a 1 27 significant position in which the not-for-profit 1 28 entity has a substantial interest, and such an 1 29 adequate presentation would not be possible without a 1 30 grant of compensation. 1 31 3. INTERVENOR FINANCING. The board shall 1 32 compensate a qualified not-for-profit entity up to ten 1 33 thousand dollars for the actual, reasonable costs 1 34 incurred by the entity in the rulemaking proceeding. 1 35 A qualified not-for-profit entity may join with one or 1 36 more other qualified not-for-profit entities to 1 37 intervene in a rulemaking proceeding without 1 38 prejudicing the eligibility of any of the entities for 1 39 compensation under this section. 1 40 4. SOURCE OF FUNDS. A total of two million one 1 41 hundred thousand dollars shall be provided for 1 42 intervenor compensation from the interim funding 1 43 mechanism established under section 476B.13, 1 44 subsection 5, paragraph "c". The board shall request 1 45 up to two million one hundred thousand dollars, on an 1 46 as needed basis, for distribution to qualified not- 1 47 for-profit entities or for reimbursement of the 1 48 board's administrative expenses related to proceedings 1 49 involving such intervenors. Administrative expenses 1 50 shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars in 2 1 total. 2 2 5. IMPLEMENTATION. The board shall propose rules 2 3 to implement this section on or before July 1, 2000." 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 WISE of Lee 2 8 HF 2530.811 78 2 9 mj/cf
Text: H08664 Text: H08666 Text: H08600 - H08699 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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