House File 2079 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  SCHICKEL


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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act directing the department of economic development to
  2    conduct a study regarding establishing business incentives for
  3    technological development relating to climate change, and
  4    providing an effective date.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 5070YH 82
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  1  1    Section 1.  CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ==
  1  2 INCENTIVES STUDY.  The department of economic development, in
  1  3 consultation with the department of agriculture and land
  1  4 stewardship and institutions of higher learning governed by
  1  5 the state board of regents, shall conduct a study regarding
  1  6 the feasibility of providing incentives to businesses
  1  7 operating in this state to develop technologies to predict,
  1  8 control, or mitigate the impact of climate change in this
  1  9 state.  The study shall include an assessment of the potential
  1 10 for marketing such technologies to other states and foreign
  1 11 countries.  The department shall submit a report of its
  1 12 findings and recommendations to the governor, the director of
  1 13 the office of energy independence, and the general assembly
  1 14 not later than December 31, 2008.
  1 15    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 16 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill directs the department of economic development,
  1 19 in consultation with the department of agriculture and land
  1 20 stewardship and regents universities, to conduct a study
  1 21 regarding the feasibility of providing incentives to
  1 22 businesses operating in Iowa to develop technologies to
  1 23 predict, control, or mitigate the impact of climate change in
  1 24 the state.  The bill provides that the study shall include an
  1 25 assessment of the potential for marketing the technologies to
  1 26 other states and foreign countries.  The department is further
  1 27 directed to submit a report of its findings and
  1 28 recommendations to the governor, the director of the office of
  1 29 energy independence, and the general assembly not later than
  1 30 December 31, 2008.
  1 31    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
  1 32 LSB 5070YH 82
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