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1 1 SENATE FILE 479
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, ESTABLISHING A FUND,
1 5 APPROPRIATING MONEYS FROM THE FUND, AND PROVIDING AN
1 6 EFFECTIVE DATE.
1 7
1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 9
1 10 Section 1. Section 466.7, subsection 4, Code 2001, is
1 11 amended by striking the subsection.
1 12 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 466.8 ON-SITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
1 13 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
1 14 The department of natural resources shall establish an on-
1 15 site wastewater assistance program for the purpose of
1 16 providing low-interest loans to homeowners residing outside
1 17 the boundaries of a city for improving on-site wastewater
1 18 disposal systems.
1 19 1. The environmental protection commission shall adopt
1 20 rules for carrying out the program including but not limited
1 21 to criteria for homeowner participation, the methods used to
1 22 provide loans, and financing terms and limits.
1 23 2. The department may make and execute agreements with
1 24 public or private entities, including lending institutions as
1 25 defined in section 12.32, as required to administer the
1 26 program.
1 27 3. Assistance provided to homeowners shall not be used to
1 28 pay the nonfederal share of the cost of any wastewater system
1 29 projects receiving grants under the federal Clean Water Act,
1 30 33 U.S.C. } 1381-1387.
1 31 4. The department shall report to the general assembly
1 32 annually on the progress of the on-site wastewater assistance
1 33 program.
1 34 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 466.9 ON-SITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
1 35 ASSISTANCE FUND.
2 1 1. An on-site wastewater systems assistance fund is
2 2 established as a separate fund in the state treasury under the
2 3 control of the department. Moneys in the fund are
2 4 appropriated to the department for the exclusive purpose of
2 5 supporting and administering the on-site wastewater systems
2 6 assistance program as established in section 466.8.
2 7 2. The fund shall consist of all of the following:
2 8 a. Moneys appropriated to the department by the general
2 9 assembly for deposit in the fund or to carry out the purposes
2 10 of the on-site wastewater systems assistance program.
2 11 b. Moneys provided to the department by the federal
2 12 government to carry out the purpose of administering the
2 13 programs, policies, and undertakings authorized in the federal
2 14 Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. } 1381-1387.
2 15 c. Moneys collected by the department pursuant to loan
2 16 agreements from homeowners receiving loans under the on-site
2 17 wastewater systems assistance program.
2 18 d. Any other moneys obtained or accepted by the department
2 19 for deposit in the fund.
2 20 3. a. The fund shall consist of the following accounts:
2 21 (1) The financing account which shall be used for the
2 22 exclusive purpose of providing financing to homeowners
2 23 residing outside the boundaries of a city with improving on-
2 24 site wastewater systems under the on-site wastewater systems
2 25 assistance program.
2 26 (2) The administration account which shall be used by the
2 27 department to defray expenses associated with carrying out the
2 28 on-site wastewater systems assistance program.
2 29 b. Of all moneys deposited into the fund each year, the
2 30 department shall credit at least ninety-six percent of the
2 31 moneys to the financing account and any remaining moneys to
2 32 the administration account.
2 33 4. The moneys in the fund are not considered part of the
2 34 general fund of the state, and in determining a general fund
2 35 balance shall not be included in the general fund of the
3 1 state. The moneys in the fund are not subject to section 8.33
3 2 and shall not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated,
3 3 or otherwise encumbered except as provided in this section.
3 4 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or
3 5 earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to
3 6 the fund.
3 7 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
3 8 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
3 9
3 10
3 11
3 12 MARY E. KRAMER
3 13 President of the Senate
3 14
3 15
3 16
3 17 BRENT SIEGRIST
3 18 Speaker of the House
3 19
3 20 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
3 21 is known as Senate File 479, Seventy-ninth General Assembly.
3 22
3 23
3 24
3 25 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
3 26 Secretary of the Senate
3 27 Approved , 2001
3 28
3 29
3 30
3 31 THOMAS J. VILSACK
3 32 Governor
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