House Study Bill 744 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                                            BILL BY CHAIRPERSON OLSON)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to achieving specified greenhouse gas reduction
  2    levels.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6262HC 82
  5 rn/rj/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455B.851, subsection 7, Code Supplement
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    7.  After consideration of a full range of policies and
  1  4 strategies, including the cost=effectiveness of the
  1  5 strategies, the council shall develop multiple scenarios
  1  6 designed to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions
  1  7 including one scenario that would reduce such emissions by
  1  8 fifty to ninety percent by 2050.  The council shall also
  1  9 develop short=term, medium=term, and long=term scenarios
  1 10 designed to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions, develop
  1 11 interim reduction goals applicable to the years 2012 and 2020,
  1 12 and shall consider the cost=effectiveness of the scenarios.
  1 13 The council shall establish a 2005 as the baseline year for
  1 14 purposes of calculating reductions in statewide greenhouse gas
  1 15 emissions and assessing the extent to which the goal is being
  1 16 achieved, and may establish other baseline years for purposes
  1 17 of measuring the effectiveness of economic opportunities or
  1 18 incentives identified in reduction scenarios.  The council
  1 19 shall submit the proposal greenhouse gas emission reduction
  1 20 proposals to the governor and the general assembly by January
  1 21 1, 2008 2009.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill relates to greenhouse gas reduction goals and
  1 24 strategies developed by the Iowa climate change advisory
  1 25 council.  The bill specifies a statewide greenhouse gas
  1 26 emission reduction goal of from 50 to 90 percent by the year
  1 27 2050 under various reduction scenarios, utilizing 2005 as the
  1 28 baseline year.  The bill directs the council to develop
  1 29 interim reduction goals applicable to the years 2012 and 2020,
  1 30 and also provides that the council may establish other
  1 31 baseline years for purposes of measuring the effectiveness of
  1 32 economic opportunities or incentives identified in reduction
  1 33 scenarios.  The bill provides for submission of greenhouse gas
  1 34 emission reduction proposals to the governor and the general
  1 35 assembly by January 1, 2009.
  2  1 LSB 6262HC 82
  2  2 rn/rj/8