House File 2486 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY FALLON
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing for the establishment of a lead abatement
2 program administered by the Iowa department of public health,
3 and making an appropriation.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 135.105, Code 2005, is amended by
1 2 adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. Administer the lead abatement program
1 4 pursuant to section 135.105D.
1 5 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 135.105D LEAD ABATEMENT PROGRAM ==
1 6 FUND ESTABLISHED == APPROPRIATION.
1 7 1. The department shall establish and administer a lead
1 8 abatement program. The purpose of the program shall be to
1 9 provide funding for lead abatement projects and efforts which
1 10 involve the direct removal of lead=based paint from
1 11 residential dwellings. Funds appropriated pursuant to
1 12 subsection 2 shall be allocated by the department on a fifty
1 13 percent urban, fifty percent rural geographic basis, with
1 14 funds targeted toward areas determined by the department to
1 15 represent the highest density of residential lead paint
1 16 concentration within urban and rural areas across the state.
1 17 The department shall by rule establish selection criteria for
1 18 the awarding of funds, standards regarding evaluation of
1 19 potential recipients of lead abatement funding and relative
1 20 density of residential lead paint concentrations, and
1 21 procedures for coordination with certified lead inspectors and
1 22 abaters regarding lead abatement efforts.
1 23 2. A lead abatement program fund is created in the state
1 24 treasury under the control of the department. There is
1 25 appropriated annually from the general fund of the state to
1 26 the lead abatement program fund one million dollars, or so
1 27 much thereof as is necessary, for administering the lead
1 28 abatement program. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance
1 29 in the fund on June 30 of each fiscal year shall not revert to
1 30 the general fund of the state, but shall remain available in
1 31 subsequent fiscal years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7,
1 32 subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the
1 33 fund shall be credited to the fund.
1 34 3. Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall
1 35 supplement, and not supplant, any other federal or state funds
2 1 received by the department for lead abatement efforts, and
2 2 shall not be allocated by the department for lead poisoning
2 3 education efforts or for the childhood lead poisoning
2 4 prevention program established in section 135.103. The
2 5 department shall submit a report to the general assembly by
2 6 January 1 annually regarding utilization of the appropriated
2 7 funds and the results of the program.
2 8 EXPLANATION
2 9 This bill establishes a lead abatement program to be
2 10 administered by the Iowa department of public health. The
2 11 objective of the program is to provide funding for the direct
2 12 removal of lead=based paint from residential dwellings. The
2 13 bill directs the department to allocate appropriated funds on
2 14 a 50 percent urban, 50 percent rural basis, to areas
2 15 determined by the department to represent the highest density
2 16 of residential lead paint concentration. The bill provides
2 17 that the department shall by rule establish selection criteria
2 18 for the awarding of funds, standards for evaluation of
2 19 potential recipients of lead abatement funding and density
2 20 levels, and procedures for coordination with certified lead
2 21 inspectors and abaters regarding lead abatement efforts.
2 22 The bill establishes a lead abatement program fund in the
2 23 office of the treasurer of state, under the control of the
2 24 department, and annually appropriates from the general fund of
2 25 the state to the program $1 million for the use of the
2 26 department in administering the lead abatement program. The
2 27 bill includes nonreversionary language and provides that
2 28 interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be
2 29 credited to the fund. The bill states that the appropriated
2 30 funds are intended to supplement, not supplant, any other
2 31 federal or state funds received for lead abatement efforts,
2 32 and that they shall not be allocated for lead poisoning
2 33 education efforts or the childhood lead poisoning prevention
2 34 program established in Code section 135.103. The department
2 35 is required to submit an annual report by January 1 regarding
3 1 utilization of the appropriated funds and program results.
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