House File 2460 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  WHITAKER


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act allocating moneys in the groundwater protection fund for
  2    landfill waste, composting, and recycling by providing for
  3    competitive pilot projects in three communities.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 6122HH 82
  6 tw/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph a,
  1  2 subparagraph (1), Code 2007, is amended by adding the
  1  3 following new subparagraph subdivision:
  1  4    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH SUBDIVISION.  (bb)  Two hundred fifty
  1  5 thousand dollars to the department to fund competitive pilot
  1  6 projects in three counties or communities for the development
  1  7 of methods to reduce landfill waste through improved recycling
  1  8 and composting of waste.  The three counties or communities
  1  9 shall have a population less than thirty thousand and shall be
  1 10 located in different areas of the state.  The department shall
  1 11 encourage the participants in the pilot projects to compete
  1 12 against each other as to which participant can reduce waste
  1 13 the most and which can collect the most recyclable materials.
  1 14 The department shall determine which participants were the
  1 15 most successful and shall make a grant to such participants in
  1 16 the amount of one dollar per resident in the participant's
  1 17 county or community to be used to fund further efforts to
  1 18 reduce landfill waste.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill relates to a competitive pilot project for the
  1 21 recycling and composting of waste.
  1 22    The bill provides that $250,000 of the moneys deposited
  1 23 from solid waste tonnage fees into the solid waste account of
  1 24 the groundwater protection fund be allocated to the department
  1 25 of natural resources to be used to fund a competitive pilot
  1 26 project program between three counties or communities across
  1 27 the state.  The participants are to compete against each other
  1 28 to see which can reduce waste the most and collect the most
  1 29 recyclable materials.  The department is to determine the most
  1 30 successful participants and make a grant in the amount of $1
  1 31 per resident in the participant's county or community to be
  1 32 used to fund further efforts to reduce landfill waste.
  1 33 LSB 6122HH 82
  1 34 tw/nh/14.1