House File 637 - Introduced



                                   HOUSE FILE       
                                   BY  HEDDENS, WESSEL=KROESCHELL,
                                       FREVERT, D. OLSON, BUKTA,
                                       JOCHUM, FORD, ABDUL=SAMAD,
                                       DAVITT, FOEGE, REICHERT,
                                       and H. MILLER


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to appropriations for the design and construction
  2    of a new renewable fuels building and for the employment of
  3    additional renewable fuels research scientists at Iowa state
  4    university.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 2444HH 82
  7 rh/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW RENEWABLE FUELS BUILDING.
  1  2    1.  There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa
  1  3 infrastructure fund to the state board of regents for the
  1  4 following fiscal years the following amounts, or so much
  1  5 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
  1  6 designated:
  1  7    For planning, design, and construction costs associated
  1  8 with the construction of a new renewable fuels building at
  1  9 Iowa state university of science and technology:
  1 10 FY 2007=2008...................................... $ 14,000,000
  1 11 FY 2008=2009...................................... $ 14,000,000
  1 12    2.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
  1 13 this section shall not revert at the close of the fiscal year
  1 14 for which they were appropriated but shall remain available
  1 15 for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year
  1 16 that begins July 1, 2011, or until the project for which the
  1 17 appropriation was made is completed, whichever is earlier.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  RENEWABLE FUELS == ADDITIONAL RESEARCH SCIENTISTS.
  1 19    1.  There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa
  1 20 infrastructure fund to the state board of regents for the
  1 21 following fiscal years the following amounts, or so much
  1 22 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
  1 23 designated:
  1 24    For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
  1 25 purposes associated with the employment of additional
  1 26 scientists at Iowa state university of science and technology
  1 27 to research technologies and methods necessary to
  1 28 cost=effectively manufacture renewable fuels, notwithstanding
  1 29 section 8.57, subsection 6, paragraph "c":
  1 30 FY 2007=2008 ..................................... $  5,000,000
  1 31 FY 2008=2009 ..................................... $  5,000,000
  1 32 FY 2009=2010 ..................................... $  5,000,000
  1 33    2.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
  1 34 this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated shall not
  1 35 revert at the close of the fiscal year for which they were
  2  1 appropriated but shall remain available to be used for the
  2  2 purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that
  2  3 begins July 1, 2012, or until the project for which the
  2  4 appropriation was made is completed, whichever is earlier.
  2  5                           EXPLANATION
  2  6    This bill appropriates $14 million for fiscal years
  2  7 2007=2008 and 2008=2009, respectively, from the rebuild Iowa
  2  8 infrastructure fund to the state board of regents for
  2  9 planning, design, and construction costs associated with the
  2 10 construction of a new renewable fuels building at Iowa state
  2 11 university.
  2 12    The bill appropriates $5 million per year for fiscal years
  2 13 2007=2008, 2008=2009, and 2009=2010, from the rebuild Iowa
  2 14 infrastructure fund to the state board of regents for
  2 15 salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes
  2 16 associated with the employment of additional scientists to
  2 17 research technologies and methods necessary to
  2 18 cost=effectively manufacture renewable fuels, notwithstanding
  2 19 the definition of vertical infrastructure in Code section
  2 20 8.57, subsection 6, paragraph "c".
  2 21    The bill provides that notwithstanding Code section 8.33,
  2 22 moneys appropriated in the bill do not revert at the close of
  2 23 the fiscal year for which they were appropriated but remain
  2 24 available for the purposes designated until the close of the
  2 25 applicable fiscal year or until the project for which the
  2 26 appropriation was made is completed, whichever is earlier.
  2 27 LSB 2444HH 82
  2 28 rh:jp/es/88