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1 1 Section 1. Section 466.7, subsection 4, Code 2001, is
1 2 amended by striking the subsection.
1 3 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 466.8 ON-SITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
1 4 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
1 5 The department of natural resources shall establish an on-
1 6 site wastewater assistance program for the purpose of
1 7 providing low-interest loans to homeowners residing outside
1 8 the boundaries of a city for improving on-site wastewater
1 9 disposal systems.
1 10 1. The environmental protection commission shall adopt
1 11 rules for carrying out the program including but not limited
1 12 to criteria for homeowner participation, the methods used to
1 13 provide loans, and financing terms and limits.
1 14 2. The department may make and execute agreements with
1 15 public or private entities, including lending institutions as
1 16 defined in section 12.32, as required to administer the
1 17 program.
1 18 3. Assistance provided to homeowners shall not be used to
1 19 pay the nonfederal share of the cost of any wastewater system
1 20 projects receiving grants under the federal Clean Water Act,
1 21 33 U.S.C. } 1381-1387.
1 22 4. The department shall report to the general assembly
1 23 annually on the progress of the on-site wastewater assistance
1 24 program.
1 25 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 466.9 ON-SITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
1 26 ASSISTANCE FUND.
1 27 1. An on-site wastewater systems assistance fund is
1 28 established as a separate fund in the state treasury under the
1 29 control of the department. Moneys in the fund are
1 30 appropriated to the department for the exclusive purpose of
1 31 supporting and administering the on-site wastewater systems
1 32 assistance program as established in section 466.8.
1 33 2. The fund shall consist of all of the following:
1 34 a. Moneys appropriated to the department by the general
1 35 assembly for deposit in the fund or to carry out the purposes
2 1 of the on-site wastewater systems assistance program.
2 2 b. Moneys provided to the department by the federal
2 3 government to carry out the purpose of administering the
2 4 programs, policies, and undertakings authorized in the federal
2 5 Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. } 1381-1387.
2 6 c. Moneys collected by the department pursuant to loan
2 7 agreements from homeowners receiving loans under the on-site
2 8 wastewater systems assistance program.
2 9 d. Any other moneys obtained or accepted by the department
2 10 for deposit in the fund.
2 11 3. a. The fund shall consist of the following accounts:
2 12 (1) The financing account which shall be used for the
2 13 exclusive purpose of providing financing to homeowners
2 14 residing outside the boundaries of a city with improving on-
2 15 site wastewater systems under the on-site wastewater systems
2 16 assistance program.
2 17 (2) The administration account which shall be used by the
2 18 department to defray expenses associated with carrying out the
2 19 on-site wastewater systems assistance program.
2 20 b. Of all moneys deposited into the fund each year, the
2 21 department shall credit at least ninety-six percent of the
2 22 moneys to the financing account and any remaining moneys to
2 23 the administration account.
2 24 4. The moneys in the fund are not considered part of the
2 25 general fund of the state, and in determining a general fund
2 26 balance shall not be included in the general fund of the
2 27 state. The moneys in the fund are not subject to section 8.33
2 28 and shall not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated,
2 29 or otherwise encumbered except as provided in this section.
2 30 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or
2 31 earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to
2 32 the fund.
2 33 EXPLANATION
2 34 In 2000, the Seventy-eighth General Assembly enacted the
2 35 "Initiative on Improving Our Watershed Attributes" (I on IOWA)
3 1 2000 Acts, chapter 1068. The Act created Code section 466.7,
3 2 the water quality protection program, which in part
3 3 establishes a program to assist homeowners residing outside
3 4 the boundaries of a city with improving on-site wastewater
3 5 systems. This bill strikes and rewrites the provision,
3 6 provides financing options to assist homeowners, and
3 7 authorizes the department to execute agreements with public or
3 8 private entities required to administer the program.
3 9 The bill also establishes an on-site wastewater systems
3 10 assistance fund to support the program. The fund consists of
3 11 a financing account used to assist homeowners and an
3 12 administration account used to defray departmental expenses in
3 13 carrying out the program. The bill provides that moneys in
3 14 the fund include general assembly appropriations, federal
3 15 moneys available under the federal Clean Water Act, and moneys
3 16 collected under loan agreements from homeowners. Of moneys
3 17 deposited into the fund each year, the department must credit
3 18 at least 96 percent of the moneys to the financing account and
3 19 any remaining moneys to the administration account. Moneys in
3 20 the fund do not revert and interest earned on the moneys
3 21 remains in the fund.
3 22 LSB 2512YH 79
3 23 da/cls/14
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