House File 549 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ARNOLD


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to reports of suspected illegal discarding of
  2    solid waste.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2256HH 82
  5 tm/es/88

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455B.307A, Code 2007, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  The department shall maintain a
  1  4 toll=free telephone line, which shall be available on a
  1  5 twenty=four=hour=a=day, seven=day=a=week basis and which
  1  6 allows persons to report suspected violations of this section.
  1  7 The department shall offer a reward not to exceed one hundred
  1  8 dollars for any report that results in the imposition of a
  1  9 civil penalty under this section.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    This bill relates to reports of suspected illegal
  1 12 discarding of solid waste.
  1 13    The bill requires the department of natural resources to
  1 14 maintain a toll=free telephone line, which is available on a
  1 15 24=hour=a=day, seven=day=a=week basis and which allows persons
  1 16 to report suspected illegal discarding of solid waste.  The
  1 17 bill requires the department to offer a reward not to exceed
  1 18 $100 for any report that results in the imposition of a civil
  1 19 penalty for illegal discarding of solid waste.
  1 20 LSB 2256HH 82
  1 21 tm:nh/es/88.1