Amend House File 672, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 
   Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  476.53A  Wind and other renewable electric power generation. 
   It is the intent of the general assembly to encourage the development of wind and other renewable electric power generation including but not limited to solar and biomass electric power generation. Wind electric power generation has a proven record of providing a safe and secure source of electricity in this state and the United States and offers the potential for significant additional job creation and other economic development benefits. It is also the intent of the general assembly to encourage the use of solar and wind power to meet local electric needs and the development of transmission capacity to export wind power generated in Iowa.>
   2.  Page 1, line 5, by striking<fifty twenty-six>and inserting <fifty>
   3.  Page 1, line 10, by striking<2015> and inserting <2021>
   4.  Page 3, line 12, by striking <a.>
   5.  Page 3, line 15, by striking<sixty-three> and inserting <seventy-five>
   6.  Page 3, line 15, after<capacity.> by inserting <Beginning January 1, 2015, this maximum shall be increased by twenty-five megawatts annually, with the last increase occurring January 1, 2020.>
   7.  Page 3, line 16, by striking <b.>
   8.  Page 3, line 19, by striking<sixty-nine> and inserting <fifty-three>
   9.  By striking page 3, line 30, through page 4, line 6, and inserting <British thermal units of heat for a commercial purpose.>
   10.  Page 6, line 2, by striking<2024> and inserting <2030>
   11.  Page 6, after line 2 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  The section of this Act amending section 476B.5, subsection 4, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.>
   12.  Title page, line 2, after<production> by inserting <, and including effective date provisions>
   13.  By renumbering as necessary.

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ROBERT M. HOGG