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:
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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 than three five 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.
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