Senate File 262 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY BOLKCOM
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act creating an Iowa climate disruption advisory council and
2 making appropriations.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 455B.851 IOWA CLIMATE DISRUPTION
1 2 ADVISORY COUNCIL.
1 3 1. The department shall create an Iowa climate disruption
1 4 advisory council consisting of fifteen voting members serving
1 5 three=year staggered terms and four nonvoting, ex officio
1 6 members.
1 7 2. a. The voting members shall be appointed by the
1 8 governor and shall represent the following:
1 9 (1) The university of Iowa center for global and regional
1 10 environmental research.
1 11 (2) The university of northern Iowa center for energy and
1 12 environmental education.
1 13 (3) The Iowa farm bureau.
1 14 (4) The Iowa public transit association.
1 15 (5) Rural electric cooperatives.
1 16 (6) Investor=owned utilities.
1 17 (7) Municipal utilities.
1 18 (8) The Iowa utilities board.
1 19 (9) An association with environmental interests or
1 20 activities.
1 21 (10) An association with conservation interests or
1 22 activities.
1 23 (11) The international brotherhood of electrical workers.
1 24 (12) The Iowa association of business and industry.
1 25 b. The four nonvoting, ex officio members shall consist of
1 26 four members of the general assembly, two from the senate and
1 27 two from the house of representatives, with not more than one
1 28 member from each chamber being from the same political party.
1 29 The two senators shall be designated by the majority leader of
1 30 the senate after consultation with the president and the
1 31 minority leader of the senate. The two representatives shall
1 32 be designated by the speaker of the house of representatives
1 33 after consultation with the majority and minority leaders of
1 34 the house of representatives.
1 35 3. Voting members of the council shall serve at the
2 1 pleasure of the governor and shall serve without compensation.
2 2 4. The chairperson of the council shall be designated by
2 3 the governor and may convene the council at any time.
2 4 5. A vacancy in the membership shall not impair the right
2 5 of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the
2 6 duties of the council. A majority of the council members then
2 7 appointed constitutes a quorum. A majority vote of the quorum
2 8 is required for council action.
2 9 6. The department shall provide necessary staff assistance
2 10 to the council.
2 11 7. After consideration of a full range of policies and
2 12 strategies, the council shall adopt a proposal designed to
2 13 reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions by ten percent by
2 14 the year 2015 and by twenty=five percent by the year 2020.
2 15 The baseline year for calculating reductions shall be 2007.
2 16 The council shall submit the proposal to the governor and the
2 17 general assembly by January 1, 2008.
2 18 8. By September 1 of each year, the department shall
2 19 submit a report to the governor and the general assembly
2 20 regarding the greenhouse gas emissions in the state during the
2 21 previous fiscal year and forecasting trends in such emissions.
2 22 The first submission by the department shall be filed by
2 23 September 1, 2008, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007.
2 24 9. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
2 25 state to the department of natural resources for the fiscal
2 26 period beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2011, the
2 27 sum of one hundred thousand dollars each fiscal year for
2 28 purposes of the establishment and support of the Iowa climate
2 29 disruption advisory council. Notwithstanding section 8.33,
2 30 moneys appropriated in this subsection that remain
2 31 unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year
2 32 shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure
2 33 for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding
2 34 fiscal year.
2 35 EXPLANATION
3 1 This bill creates an Iowa climate disruption advisory
3 2 council.
3 3 The bill requires the department of natural resources to
3 4 create an Iowa climate disruption advisory council consisting
3 5 of 15 voting members and four nonvoting, ex officio members
3 6 representing the general assembly. The bill provides that the
3 7 voting members are appointed by the governor and shall
3 8 represent certain associations and groups. The bill requires
3 9 the governor to designate the chairperson of the council. The
3 10 bill requires the department to provide necessary staff
3 11 assistance to the council.
3 12 The bill requires the council, after consideration of a
3 13 full range of policies and strategies, to adopt a proposal
3 14 designed to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 10
3 15 percent by the year 2015 and by 25 percent by the year 2020.
3 16 The baseline year for calculation of reductions shall be 2007.
3 17 The council shall submit the proposal to the governor and the
3 18 general assembly by January 1, 2008.
3 19 By September 1 of each year, the bill requires the
3 20 department to submit a report to the governor and the general
3 21 assembly regarding the greenhouse gas emissions in the state
3 22 during the previous fiscal year and forecasting trends in such
3 23 emissions.
3 24 The bill appropriates from the general fund of the state to
3 25 the department of natural resources for the fiscal period
3 26 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2011, the sum of
3 27 $100,000 each fiscal year for purposes of the establishment
3 28 and support of the Iowa climate disruption advisory council.
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