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1 1 Section 1. Section 455B.173, Code 2001, is amended by
1 2 adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 14. Adopt rules relating to the awarding
1 4 of financial assistance pursuant to section 455B.196.
1 5 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 455B.196 PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING
1 6 ASSISTANCE FUND.
1 7 1. A preliminary engineering assistance fund is created in
1 8 the state treasury under the control of the department and
1 9 consisting of any moneys appropriated by the general assembly
1 10 and any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by
1 11 the department for placement in the fund. Payments of
1 12 interest, repayments of moneys loaned pursuant to this
1 13 section, and recaptures of loans shall be deposited in the
1 14 fund. Moneys in the fund are not subject to section 8.33.
1 15 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys
1 16 in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
1 17 2. Moneys in the preliminary engineering assistance fund
1 18 are appropriated to the department for purposes of providing
1 19 financial assistance to communities in the form of grants,
1 20 loans, forgivable loans, loan guarantees, and other forms of
1 21 assistance to aid the communities in the financing of a
1 22 preliminary engineering study to explore alternative
1 23 wastewater treatment and disposal systems for the applicant
1 24 community.
1 25 3. In order to qualify to apply for financial assistance,
1 26 an applicant must meet all of the following criteria:
1 27 a. The applicant must be a city with a population of less
1 28 than five hundred or an unincorporated community with a
1 29 population of less than five hundred.
1 30 b. The applicant must have either an inadequate
1 31 centralized waste collection and treatment system or
1 32 collection of private waste collection systems that may be
1 33 inadequate to meet the needs of the applicant community.
1 34 EXPLANATION
1 35 This bill relates to financial assistance for preliminary
2 1 engineering studies for alternative wastewater treatment and
2 2 disposal systems.
2 3 The bill creates a preliminary engineering assistance fund
2 4 under the control of the department of natural resources. The
2 5 bill provides that moneys in the preliminary engineering
2 6 assistance fund are appropriated to the department for
2 7 purposes of providing financial assistance to certain
2 8 qualifying communities for preliminary engineering studies to
2 9 explore alternative wastewater treatment and disposal systems
2 10 for the applicant community. The bill provides that, in order
2 11 to qualify to apply for financial assistance, an applicant
2 12 must either be a city with a population of less than 500 or an
2 13 unincorporated community with a population of less than 500
2 14 and the applicant must have either an inadequate centralized
2 15 waste collection and treatment system or collection of private
2 16 waste collection systems that may be inadequate to meet the
2 17 needs of the applicant community.
2 18 LSB 6188HH 79
2 19 tm/cf/24
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