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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the amendment, H-8523, to House File 2530, as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. Page 4, by inserting after line 22 the 1 4 following: 1 5 "# . By striking page 92, line 8, through page 1 6 94, line 30. 1 7 # . By striking page 97, line 9 through page 1 8 100, line 9, and inserting the following: 1 9 "The Iowa energy center and center for global and 1 10 regional environmental research shall conduct 1 11 environmental assessments. The Iowa energy center and 1 12 center for global and regional environmental research 1 13 shall each provide a written annual report to the 1 14 board which describes each center's activities and the 1 15 results that each center has accomplished. Each 1 16 report shall include an explanation of initiatives and 1 17 projects of importance to the state."" 1 18 #2. Page 8, line 2, by striking the word and 1 19 figures "103, line 34" and inserting the following: 1 20 "106, line 12". 1 21 #3. By striking page 10, line 25, through page 11, 1 22 line 46. 1 23 #4. Page 14, by striking line 12 and inserting the 1 24 following: "surcharge. 1 25 5A. FUNDING NONBYPASSABLE SURCHARGE. 1 26 a. The programs established in this section shall 1 27 be funded by all end-use consumers through a 1 28 nonbypassable monthly surcharge on all distribution 1 29 services within a delivery service provider's assigned 1 30 service area, including service provided under rates 1 31 or charges pursuant to section 476B.8. The monthly 1 32 surcharge shall be collected by the person billing the 1 33 end-use consumer for the service. The monthly 1 34 surcharge shall commence with bills issued on October 1 35 1, 2002. The monthly surcharge for each customer 1 36 class shall be as follows: 1 37 (1) One dollar and fifty cents for a residential 1 38 electric account. 1 39 (2) One dollar and fifty cents for a 1 40 nonresidential electric account with an annual usage 1 41 of less than twenty-five thousand kilowatt-hours in 1 42 the prior calendar year. 1 43 (3) Ten dollars for a nonresidential electric 1 44 account with an annual usage of twenty-five thousand 1 45 kilowatt-hours to one hundred thousand kilowatt-hours 1 46 in the prior calendar year. 1 47 (4) Thirty-six dollars for a nonresidential 1 48 electric account with an annual usage of more than one 1 49 hundred thousand kilowatt-hours to four hundred 1 50 thousand kilowatt-hours in the prior calendar year. 2 1 (5) One hundred fifty dollars for a nonresidential 2 2 electric account with an annual usage of more than 2 3 four hundred thousand kilowatt-hours to one million 2 4 five hundred thousand kilowatt-hours in the prior 2 5 calendar year. 2 6 (6) Seven hundred fifty dollars for a 2 7 nonresidential electric account with an annual usage 2 8 of more than one million five hundred thousand 2 9 kilowatt-hours to six million kilowatt-hours in the 2 10 prior calendar year. 2 11 (7) Five thousand five hundred dollars for a 2 12 nonresidential electric account with an annual usage 2 13 of more than six million kilowatt-hours in the prior 2 14 calendar year. 2 15 b. For the purpose of determining the monthly 2 16 surcharge under paragraph "a", the term "accounts" may 2 17 be interpreted by the board in appropriate 2 18 circumstances to mean end-use consumers. After the 2 19 first twelve-month period that moneys are collected 2 20 pursuant to this subsection, the monthly surcharge 2 21 amounts shall be adjusted by the board as necessary to 2 22 yield no less than seventy-nine million dollars 2 23 annually and no more than eighty million dollars 2 24 annually. For a nonresidential consumer with no prior 2 25 calendar-year usage, the delivery service provider may 2 26 use a reasonable estimate of the consumer's usage. 2 27 The board, by rule, shall provide a schedule for 2 28 remittances. The initial rules shall be proposed by 2 29 December 1, 2001. 2 30 c. All moneys collected pursuant to this 2 31 subsection shall be remitted to the treasurer of the 2 32 state and deposited as follows: 2 33 (1) Twenty-three million five hundred thousand 2 34 dollars in a separate account to be used for the low- 2 35 income affordability program and a low-income energy 2 36 efficiency program as provided under subsection 1. 2 37 The treasurer shall make disbursements from this 2 38 account as appropriate. Notwithstanding section 8.33, 2 39 the unencumbered or unobligated moneys remaining at 2 40 the end of any fiscal year from the allocation made in 2 41 this subparagraph shall not revert but shall be 2 42 available for expenditure during subsequent fiscal 2 43 years until expended for the purposes for which 2 44 originally appropriated. Interest or earnings on 2 45 investments or time deposits of the moneys in the 2 46 account shall be retained for the purposes designated 2 47 under subsection 1. 2 48 After the third year of the program, the board 2 49 shall annually adjust the levels of surcharges on 2 50 electric accounts under paragraph "a" based on the 3 1 total program budget developed by the division. When 3 2 determining the per account charge, the board shall 3 3 not substantially deviate from the cost allocation 3 4 among consumer groups reflected in the initial funding 3 5 charges. Any increase in monthly surcharges as 3 6 provided in this subparagraph shall not go into effect 3 7 without prior approval by joint resolution as adopted 3 8 by the general assembly. 3 9 For purposes of this paragraph, "division" means 3 10 the division of community action agencies within the 3 11 department of human rights or its successor. 3 12 (2) Two million dollars in a separate account to 3 13 be used for environmental assessment as provided under 3 14 subsection 3. Eighty-five percent of the amounts 3 15 allocated to this account are appropriated to the Iowa 3 16 energy center created in section 266.39C. Fifteen 3 17 percent of the amounts allocated to this account are 3 18 appropriated to the center for global and regional 3 19 environmental research established by the state board 3 20 of regents. Notwithstanding section 8.33, the 3 21 unencumbered or unobligated moneys remaining in the 3 22 account at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert 3 23 and shall be retained by the centers for the purposes 3 24 designated. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 3 25 2, interest or earnings on investments or time 3 26 deposits of the moneys in the account shall be 3 27 retained and used for the purposes designated under 3 28 subsection 3. 3 29 The Iowa energy center and the center for global 3 30 and regional environmental research shall each provide 3 31 a report to the legislative fiscal committee on a 3 32 monthly basis regarding any expenditures of funds 3 33 associated with each center's activities under this 3 34 subparagraph. A monthly report shall cover a calendar 3 35 month and is due the tenth day of the following month. 3 36 (3) Fifty-three million five hundred thousand 3 37 dollars in the environmental fund created in 3 38 subsection 4. The treasurer of state shall make 3 39 disbursements from this fund as requested by the 3 40 department of natural resources. The unencumbered or 3 41 unobligated moneys remaining in the fund at the end of 3 42 any fiscal year shall not revert but shall be 3 43 available for expenditure during subsequent fiscal 3 44 years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, 3 45 interest or earnings on investments or time deposits 3 46 of the moneys deposited in the environmental fund 3 47 shall be credited to the fund. 3 48 d. Amounts collected pursuant to this subsection 3 49 and remitted to the treasurer of state are 3 50 appropriated for the purposes provided in this 4 1 subsection and shall not be subject to appropriation 4 2 for any other purpose by the general assembly, but 4 3 shall be used only for the purposes set forth in this 4 4 section."" 4 5 #5. By renumbering as necessary. 4 6 4 7 4 8 4 9 HOLMES of Scott 4 10 HF 2530.333 78 4 11 mj/cf
Text: H08907 Text: H08909 Text: H08900 - H08999 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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