Senate File 318 - Introduced



                                   SENATE FILE       
                                   BY  KIBBIE, GRONSTAL, and QUIRMBACH


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to support for renewable fuels by making
  2    appropriations for the design and construction of a new
  3    renewable fuels building and for the employment of additional
  4    renewable fuels research scientists at Iowa state university.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 2063XS 82
  7 rh/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW RENEWABLE FUELS BUILDING.  There is
  1  2 appropriated from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund to the
  1  3 state board of regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  1  4 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the following amounts, or so
  1  5 much 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 .................................................. $ 28,000,000
  1 11    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
  1 12 section shall not revert at the close of the fiscal year for
  1 13 which they were appropriated but shall remain available for
  1 14 the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year
  1 15 that begins July 1, 2010, or until the project for which the
  1 16 appropriation was made is completed, whichever is earlier.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  RENEWABLE FUELS == ADDITIONAL RESEARCH SCIENTISTS.
  1 18 There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure
  1 19 fund to the state board of regents for the following fiscal
  1 20 years the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
  1 21 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
  1 22    For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
  1 23 purposes associated with the employment of additional
  1 24 scientists at Iowa state university of science and technology
  1 25 to research technologies and methods necessary to
  1 26 cost=effectively manufacture renewable fuels, notwithstanding
  1 27 section 8.57, subsection 6, paragraph "c":
  1 28 FY 2007=2008 ..................................... $  5,000,000
  1 29 FY 2008=2009 ..................................... $  5,000,000
  1 30 FY 2009=2010 ..................................... $  5,000,000
  1 31    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
  1 32 section shall not revert at the close of the fiscal year for
  1 33 which they were appropriated but shall remain available for
  1 34 the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year
  1 35 that begins July 1, 2012, or until the project for which the
  2  1 appropriation was made is completed, whichever is earlier.
  2  2                           EXPLANATION
  2  3    This bill appropriates $28 million from the rebuild Iowa
  2  4 infrastructure fund to the state board of regents for the
  2  5 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008,
  2  6 for planning, design, and construction costs associated with
  2  7 the construction of a new renewable fuels building at Iowa
  2  8 state university.
  2  9    The bill appropriates $5 million per year for fiscal years
  2 10 2007=2008, 2008=2009, and 2009=2010, from the rebuild Iowa
  2 11 infrastructure fund to the state board of regents for
  2 12 salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes
  2 13 associated with the employment of additional scientists to
  2 14 research technologies and methods necessary to
  2 15 cost=effectively manufacture renewable fuels, notwithstanding
  2 16 the definition of vertical infrastructure in Code section
  2 17 8.57, subsection 6, paragraph "c".
  2 18    The bill provides that notwithstanding Code section 8.33,
  2 19 moneys appropriated in the bill do not revert at the close of
  2 20 the fiscal year for which they were appropriated but remain
  2 21 available for the purposes designated until the close of the
  2 22 applicable fiscal year or until the project for which the
  2 23 appropriation was made is completed, whichever is earlier.
  2 24 LSB 2063XS 82
  2 25 rh:jp/es/88