House File 289 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  PAULSEN


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act authorizing the use of moneys available in the Iowa power
  2    fund for the provision of grants to political subdivision for
  3    restoration of heating and power capability to buildings under
  4    specified circumstances and providing an effective date.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 1032YH 83
  7 rn/rj/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  HEATING AND POWER GRANTS == 2008 DISASTER
  1  2 RELIEF.  In addition to the authorized uses of moneys
  1  3 available in the Iowa power fund as specified in section
  1  4 469.9, subsection 4, amounts available in the fund shall be
  1  5 used for the purpose of awarding grants to governmental
  1  6 subdivisions for allocation to owners of buildings which
  1  7 sustained damage to heating and power systems and capabilities
  1  8 due to a natural disaster occurring after May 24, 2008, and
  1  9 before August 14, 2008.  For the purposes of this section,
  1 10 "governmental subdivision" means a city, county, township,
  1 11 school corporation, merged area, area education agency,
  1 12 institution governed by the state board of regents, or any
  1 13 other governmental subdivision.  For the purposes of this
  1 14 section, "building" means a combination of any materials,
  1 15 whether portable or fixed, to form a structure affording
  1 16 facilities or shelter for persons, animals, or property, and
  1 17 includes any part of a building.  Eligibility criteria,
  1 18 application procedures, and documentation requirements
  1 19 relating to damages sustained shall be established by the
  1 20 director of the office of energy independence by rule, in
  1 21 consultation with the department of economic development and
  1 22 the administrator of the homeland security and emergency
  1 23 management division of the department of public defense.
  1 24 Applications for grants pursuant to this section shall be
  1 25 submitted by a political subdivision to the office no later
  1 26 than December 31, 2009.
  1 27    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 28 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill authorizes moneys available in the Iowa power
  1 31 fund established in Code section 469.9 to be used by a
  1 32 political subdivision for the awarding of grants to restore
  1 33 heating and power capability to buildings which sustained
  1 34 damages impairing that capability due to a natural disaster
  1 35 occurring after May 24, 2008, and before August 14, 2008.  The
  2  1 bill provides definitions of "political subdivision" and
  2  2 "building", and provides that eligibility criteria,
  2  3 application procedures, and documentation requirements
  2  4 relating to damages sustained shall be established by the
  2  5 director of the office of energy independence by rule, in
  2  6 consultation with the department of economic development and
  2  7 the administrator of the homeland security and emergency
  2  8 management division of the department of public defense.  The
  2  9 bill requires applications to be received by the office no
  2 10 later than December 31, 2009.
  2 11    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
  2 12 LSB 1032YH 83
  2 13 rn/rj/14