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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 457.1 ENVIRONMENTAL OVERSIGHT
1 2 COMMITTEE.
1 3 1. There is created an environmental oversight committee.
1 4 The committee shall be composed of the following members:
1 5 a. Three senators appointed by the majority leader of the
1 6 senate.
1 7 b. Two senators appointed by the minority leader of the
1 8 senate.
1 9 c. Three representatives appointed by the speaker of the
1 10 house of representatives.
1 11 d. Two representatives appointed by the minority leader of
1 12 the house of representatives.
1 13 2. A committee member shall be appointed prior to the
1 14 adjournment of a regular session of the general assembly
1 15 convened in an odd-numbered year. The term of office shall be
1 16 for four years beginning May 1 of the year of appointment.
1 17 However, a member shall serve until a successor is appointed.
1 18 A vacancy on the committee shall be filled by the original
1 19 appointing authority for the remainder of the term. A vacancy
1 20 shall exist whenever a committee member ceases to be a member
1 21 of the house from which the member was appointed.
1 22 3. A committee member shall be paid the per diem specified
1 23 in section 2.10, subsection 5, for each day in attendance at a
1 24 meeting of the committee and shall be reimbursed for actual
1 25 and necessary expenses. There is appropriated from moneys in
1 26 the general fund of the state not otherwise appropriated an
1 27 amount sufficient to pay costs incurred under this section.
1 28 4. The committee shall choose a chairperson from its
1 29 membership and prescribe its rules of procedure. The
1 30 committee may employ a secretary or may appoint the director
1 31 of the legislative service bureau or a designee to act as
1 32 secretary.
1 33 5. A regular committee meeting shall be held at the seat
1 34 of government on the second Tuesday of each month. Unless
1 35 impracticable, in advance of each such meeting, the subject
2 1 matter to be considered shall be published in the Iowa
2 2 administrative bulletin. A special committee meeting may be
2 3 called by the chairperson at any place in the state and at any
2 4 time. Unless impracticable, in advance of each special
2 5 meeting, notice of the time and place of such meeting and the
2 6 subject matter to be considered shall be published in the Iowa
2 7 administrative bulletin. A regular or special committee
2 8 meeting shall be open to the public and an interested person
2 9 may be heard and present evidence.
2 10 6. a. At least sixty days prior to finalizing a proposed
2 11 agreement with the federal environmental protection agency, a
2 12 state agency shall notify the committee regarding the proposed
2 13 agreement. Proposed agreements that include, at least in
2 14 part, the transfer of moneys to the state shall not be
2 15 included under the notification requirements of this
2 16 paragraph.
2 17 b. Notification required under this subsection shall be
2 18 made in writing to the secretary of the senate and the chief
2 19 clerk of the house of representatives. Notification shall
2 20 include the general nature of the agreement and the name of a
2 21 person employed with the agency who has knowledge regarding
2 22 the proposed agreement.
2 23 c. The committee shall meet for the purpose of selectively
2 24 reviewing proposed agreements with the federal environmental
2 25 protection agency. The committee may require a representative
2 26 of an agency whose proposed agreement is under consideration
2 27 to attend a committee meeting.
2 28 7. The committee may refer a proposed agreement to the
2 29 speaker of the house and the president of the senate at the
2 30 next regular session of the general assembly. The speaker and
2 31 the president shall refer such a proposed agreement to the
2 32 appropriate standing committee of the general assembly.
2 33 8. If the committee objects to a proposed agreement, the
2 34 committee may submit an objection statement to the agency. An
2 35 objection statement shall include general objections or
3 1 specific suggested changes to the proposed agreement. This
3 2 section shall not be construed to prevent a standing committee
3 3 of the general assembly from reviewing a proposed agreement on
3 4 its own motion.
3 5 9. Notwithstanding section 13.7, the committee may employ
3 6 necessary legal and technical staff.
3 7 EXPLANATION
3 8 This bill creates an environmental oversight committee
3 9 composed of 10 members of the general assembly from both the
3 10 senate and the house of representatives. The bill provides
3 11 for the timing of the appointments to the committee, the
3 12 selection of a chairperson, the filling of vacancies on the
3 13 committee, and the employment or appointment of a secretary
3 14 for the committee. The bill provides that a committee member
3 15 shall be paid a per diem for each day in attendance and shall
3 16 be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses. The bill
3 17 appropriates from moneys in the general fund not otherwise
3 18 appropriated an amount sufficient to pay costs incurred under
3 19 the bill.
3 20 The bill provides that a regular committee meeting shall be
3 21 held at the seat of government on the second Tuesday of each
3 22 month and, unless impracticable, in advance of each such
3 23 meeting, the subject matter to be considered shall be
3 24 published in the Iowa administrative bulletin. The bill
3 25 provides that a special committee meeting may be called by the
3 26 chairperson at any place in the state and at any time, and
3 27 unless impracticable, in advance of each special meeting,
3 28 notice of the time and place of such meeting and the subject
3 29 matter to be considered shall be published in the Iowa
3 30 administrative bulletin.
3 31 The bill provides that, at least 60 days prior to
3 32 finalizing a proposed agreement with the federal environmental
3 33 protection agency, a state agency shall notify the committee
3 34 regarding the proposed agreement. The bill provides that
3 35 proposed agreements that include, at least in part, the
4 1 transfer of moneys to the state shall not be included under
4 2 the notification requirements. The bill provides for the
4 3 method of notification and the content of the required
4 4 notification. The bill provides that the committee shall meet
4 5 for the purpose of selectively reviewing proposed agreements
4 6 with the federal environmental protection agency. The bill
4 7 provides that a regular or special committee meeting shall be
4 8 open to the public and an interested person may be heard and
4 9 present evidence. The bill provides that the committee may
4 10 require a representative of an agency whose proposed agreement
4 11 is under consideration to attend a committee meeting.
4 12 The bill provides that the committee may refer a proposed
4 13 agreement to the speaker of the house and the president of the
4 14 senate at the next regular session of the general assembly and
4 15 that such proposed agreements shall be referred by the speaker
4 16 and the president to the appropriate standing committee of the
4 17 general assembly.
4 18 The bill provides that, if the committee objects to a
4 19 proposed agreement, the committee may submit an objection
4 20 statement to the agency. An objection statement shall include
4 21 general objections or specific suggested changes to the
4 22 proposed agreement. The bill provides that a standing
4 23 committee of the general assembly may review a proposed
4 24 agreement on its own motion.
4 25 LSB 2916HC 80
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Text: HSB00224 Text: HSB00226 Text: HSB00200 - HSB00299 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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