House File 602 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 354)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the collection, transportation, and disposal
2 of household hazardous waste.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 455F.8A, Code 2005, is amended by
1 2 adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. A private agency which provides for
1 4 the collection and disposal of household hazardous waste as
1 5 part of an approved comprehensive plan pursuant to section
1 6 455B.306 shall be eligible for reimbursement moneys pursuant
1 7 to section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph "a", subparagraph
1 8 (2), subparagraph subdivision (d).
1 9 Sec. 2. Section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph a,
1 10 subparagraph (2), subparagraph subdivision (d), Code 2005, is
1 11 amended to read as follows:
1 12 (d) Nine For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, nine
1 13 and one=half percent to the department to establish permanent
1 14 household hazardous waste collection sites so that both urban
1 15 and rural populations are served and so that collection
1 16 services are available to the public on a regular basis.
1 17 Beginning July 1, 2006, six and one=quarter percent to the
1 18 department to establish permanent household hazardous waste
1 19 collection sites so that both urban and rural populations are
1 20 served and so that collection services are available to the
1 21 public on a regular basis. Beginning July 1, 2007, three
1 22 percent to the department to establish permanent household
1 23 hazardous waste collection sites so that both urban and rural
1 24 populations are served and so that collection services are
1 25 available to the public on a regular basis. Any moneys
1 26 collected pursuant to this subparagraph subdivision that
1 27 remain unexpended at the end of a fiscal year for
1 28 establishment of permanent household hazardous waste
1 29 collection sites shall be used for purposes of subparagraph
1 30 subdivision (e).
1 31 Sec. 3. Section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph a,
1 32 subparagraph (2), subparagraph subdivision (e), Code 2005, is
1 33 amended to read as follows:
1 34 (e) Three For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005,
1 35 three percent to the department for payment of transportation
2 1 costs related to household hazardous waste collection
2 2 programs. Beginning July 1, 2006, six and one=quarter percent
2 3 to the department for payment of transportation costs related
2 4 to household hazardous waste collection programs. Beginning
2 5 July 1, 2007, nine and one=half percent to the department for
2 6 payment of transportation costs related to household hazardous
2 7 waste collection programs.
2 8 EXPLANATION
2 9 This bill relates to the collection, transportation, and
2 10 disposal of household hazardous waste.
2 11 The bill provides that a private agency which provides for
2 12 the collection and disposal of household hazardous waste as
2 13 part of an approved comprehensive plan may use a portion of
2 14 solid waste tonnage fees for the establishment of permanent
2 15 household hazardous waste collection sites.
2 16 Currently, 9.5 percent of the tonnage fees deposited in the
2 17 solid waste account of the groundwater protection fund are
2 18 used by the department to establish permanent household
2 19 hazardous waste collection sites. The bill provides that, for
2 20 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, the percentage
2 21 decreases to 6.5 percent and for the fiscal period beginning
2 22 July 1, 2007, and every fiscal year thereafter, the percentage
2 23 decreases to 3 percent. The bill provides that any moneys
2 24 remaining unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall be used
2 25 for payment of transportation costs related to household
2 26 hazardous waste collection programs.
2 27 Currently, 3 percent of the tonnage fees deposited in the
2 28 solid waste account of the groundwater protection fund are
2 29 used by the department for payment of transportation costs
2 30 related to household hazardous waste collection programs. The
2 31 bill provides that, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2 32 2006, the percentage increases to 6.5 percent and for the
2 33 fiscal period beginning July 1, 2007, and every fiscal year
2 34 thereafter, the percentage increases to 9.5 percent.
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