Senate File 130 SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SF 7) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to controlled burns of demolished buildings. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1187SV 80 4 tm/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 455B.133, subsection 10, Code 2003, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 10. Adopt rules allowing a city to conduct a controlled 1 4 burn of a demolished building subject to the same restrictions 1 5 as are in effect for fire fighting training fires. The rules 1 6 shall include a provision that a city may undertake no more 1 7 thanthreefive controlled burns in every overlapping six= 1 8 tenths=of=a=mile=radius circle every three years. The rules 1 9 shall prohibit a controlled burn of a demolished building in 1 10 Cedar Rapids, Marion, Hiawatha, Council Bluffs, Carter Lake, 1 11 Des Moines, West Des Moines, Clive, Windsor Heights, 1 12 Urbandale, Pleasant Hill, Buffalo, Davenport, Mason City, or 1 13 any other area where area=specific state implementation plans 1 14 require the control of particulate matter. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill relates to controlled burns of demolished 1 17 buildings. Currently, cities are prohibited from undertaking 1 18 more than three controlled burns in every overlapping six= 1 19 tenths=of=a=mile=radius circle every three years. The bill 1 20 increases the number of controlled burns allowed from three to 1 21 five burns in every overlapping six=tenths=of=a=mile=radius 1 22 circle every three years. 1 23 LSB 1187SV 80 1 24 tm/sh/8 1 25 1 26 1 27 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35