House File 766 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
                                           PROTECTION

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 687)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the establishment of an energy=efficient
  2    appliance assistance grant program and fund, and making an
  3    appropriation.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2688HV 82
  6 rn/cf/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  216A.104  ENERGY=EFFICIENT
  1  2 APPLIANCE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM.
  1  3    The division shall establish an energy=efficient appliance
  1  4 assistance grant program.  The purpose of the program is to
  1  5 make distributions in the form of grants to individuals or
  1  6 families with incomes at or below one hundred percent of the
  1  7 federal poverty level as defined by the most recently revised
  1  8 poverty income guidelines published by the United States
  1  9 department of health and human services.  The grants shall be
  1 10 in amounts of up to twenty percent of the purchase price of
  1 11 household appliances meeting the energy star efficiency rating
  1 12 developed by the United States environmental protection agency
  1 13 and affixed with the energy star label.  Application forms and
  1 14 approval criteria for participation in the program shall be
  1 15 established by the administrator by rule.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  216A.105  ENERGY=EFFICIENT APPLIANCE
  1 17 ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM == FUND ESTABLISHED == APPROPRIATION.
  1 18    1.  An energy=efficient appliance assistance grant program
  1 19 fund is created in the state treasury to be administered by
  1 20 the division.  Moneys deposited in or appropriated to the fund
  1 21 shall be used to administer the energy=efficient appliance
  1 22 assistance grant program and make program grants pursuant to
  1 23 section 216A.104.
  1 24    2.  There is annually appropriated from the general fund of
  1 25 the state to the division the sum of two hundred fifty
  1 26 thousand dollars for deposit into the fund to administer the
  1 27 energy=efficient appliance assistance grant program.
  1 28 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
  1 29 section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
  1 30 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
  1 31 for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
  1 32 the succeeding fiscal year.
  1 33                           EXPLANATION
  1 34    This bill establishes an energy=efficient appliance grant
  1 35 program within the division of community action agencies of
  2  1 the department of human rights to assist low=income
  2  2 individuals or families with the purchase of energy=efficiency
  2  3 household appliances.
  2  4    The bill requires that individuals or families have incomes
  2  5 at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty level as
  2  6 defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines
  2  7 published by the United States department of health and human
  2  8 services in order to qualify for a grant.  Grants shall be in
  2  9 amounts of up to 20 percent of the purchase price of a
  2 10 household appliance which meets the energy star efficiency
  2 11 rating developed by the United States environmental protection
  2 12 agency.  The bill states that application forms and approval
  2 13 criteria for participation in the program shall be established
  2 14 by the administrator of the division by rule, and appropriates
  2 15 $250,000 annually to the division for deposit into an
  2 16 energy=efficient appliance assistance grant program fund to
  2 17 administer the program and make program grants.
  2 18 LSB 2688HV 82
  2 19 rn:nh/cf/24