House File 455 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  REICHERT


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act creating a potable water supply improvement grant program.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2496HH 82
  4 tm/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  455B.225  POTABLE WATER SUPPLY
  1  2 IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM.
  1  3    The department shall establish and administer a potable
  1  4 water supply improvement grant program for cities with a
  1  5 population of less than two hundred fifty.  A grant shall not
  1  6 exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars and may be used to
  1  7 install or upgrade any publicly owned water supply system.
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9    This bill creates a potable water supply improvement grant
  1 10 program.
  1 11    The bill requires the department of natural resources to
  1 12 establish and administer a potable water supply improvement
  1 13 grant program for cities with a population of less than 250.
  1 14 The bill provides that a grant shall not exceed $250,000 and
  1 15 may be used to install or upgrade any publicly owned water
  1 16 supply system.  A water supply system is the system of pipes,
  1 17 structures, and facilities through which a public water supply
  1 18 is obtained, treated, and sold or distributed for human
  1 19 consumption or household use.
  1 20 LSB 2496HH 82
  1 21 tm:rj/es/88