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House Study Bill 277

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455B.306, subsection 8, paragraph b,
  1  2 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2003, is amended to read as
  1  3 follows:
  1  4    The operator shall maintain closure, and postclosure
  1  5 accounts.  The For private facilities, the commission shall
  1  6 adopt by rule the amounts to be contributed to the accounts
  1  7 based upon the amount of solid waste received by the facility.
  1  8 The accounts established shall be specific to the facility.
  1  9 For facilities operated by a local governmental entity with
  1 10 the ability to generate revenue through taxation in addition
  1 11 to tipping fees, such as a county, city, or joint entity
  1 12 established under chapter 28E, which has provided a financial
  1 13 assurance instrument to the department guaranteeing closure
  1 14 and postclosure costs pursuant to this section, the amount
  1 15 contributed annually to closure and postclosure accounts shall
  1 16 be determined by the local government entity.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  Section 455B.306, subsection 8, paragraph d, Code
  1 18 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1 19    d.  Financial assurance instruments may include instruments
  1 20 such as cash or surety bond, a letter of credit, a secured
  1 21 trust fund, or insurance policy, a corporate guarantee, a
  1 22 corporate financial test, local government financial test,
  1 23 local government dedicated fund, local government guarantee,
  1 24 or a combination of any of the above.  
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26    This bill provides for governmental entities which operate
  1 27 sanitary landfills to establish the amount contributed to
  1 28 their closure and postclosure accounts rather than the amounts
  1 29 set by the administrative rules of the department of natural
  1 30 resources which require the closure and postclosure accounts
  1 31 to be fully funded prior to closure of the landfill or to have
  1 32 30 years of postclosure funds set aside.  Privately operated
  1 33 sanitary landfills would still be required to meet current
  1 34 rules.
  1 35    The bill provides for additional acceptable financial
  2  1 assurance instruments which are currently allowable only by
  2  2 administrative rule.  
  2  3 LSB 3029HC 80
  2  4 kk/sh/8
     

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