House File 769 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 218)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act directing the regents institutions to review and prepare a
2 report regarding the state's vulnerability to climatic change.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 1895HV 83
5 rn/nh/24
PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. CLIMATIC CHANGE REVIEW AND REPORT.
1 2 1. Institutions under the control of the state board of
1 3 regents shall identify and review the state's vulnerability to
1 4 climatic change and the impact of such change upon the state's
1 5 environment, resources, and citizens. The vulnerability
1 6 review shall include but not be limited to consideration of
1 7 the following:
1 8 a. The impact of climatic change on the state's water
1 9 resources and water management policies and practices.
1 10 b. The likelihood of an increase in the frequency or
1 11 severity of weather=related events due to climatic change.
1 12 c. The extent to which adverse health effects might result
1 13 from climatic change.
1 14 d. The impact of climatic change on energy resources.
1 15 e. Whether and to what extent invasive species could enter
1 16 or develop within the state as a consequence of climatic
1 17 change.
1 18 f. The extent to which climatic change could adversely
1 19 impact natural resources management strategies.
1 20 2. In addition to reviewing the state's vulnerability to
1 21 climatic change as specified in subsection 1, the institutions
1 22 shall also review the range of possible economic and other
1 23 damages arising from unmitigated climatic change, and the
1 24 range of possible costs relating either to efforts to mitigate
1 25 climatic change or to adapt to unmitigated changes.
1 26 3. Based upon such review, the institutions shall develop
1 27 recommendations regarding adaptation measures to minimize the
1 28 anticipated future costs of climatic change, and shall submit
1 29 a report containing the recommendations to the general
1 30 assembly by December 31, 2009.
1 31 4. The institutions may hold no more than three meetings
1 32 in conducting the review and preparing the report pursuant to
1 33 this section, and may utilize the department of management to
1 34 facilitate the meetings.
1 35 EXPLANATION
2 1 This bill directs institutions under the control of the
2 2 state board of regents to conduct a review and prepare a
2 3 report regarding this state's vulnerability to climatic
2 4 change.
2 5 The bill provides that the review of vulnerability to
2 6 climatic change shall include but not be limited to the impact
2 7 upon state water resources and water management policies and
2 8 practices, weather=related events, adverse health effects,
2 9 energy resources, invasive species entrance or development,
2 10 and natural resources management strategies. The bill
2 11 provides that the institutions shall also review the range of
2 12 possible economic and other damages arising from unmitigated
2 13 climatic change, and the range of possible costs relating
2 14 either to efforts to mitigate climatic change or to adapt to
2 15 unmitigated changes.
2 16 Based on this review, the bill requires the institutions to
2 17 develop recommendations regarding adaptation measures to
2 18 minimize the anticipated future costs of climatic change, and
2 19 to submit a report containing the recommendations to the
2 20 general assembly by December 31, 2009. The bill limits the
2 21 number of meetings the institutions shall be authorized to
2 22 conduct to three, and authorizes the institutions to utilize
2 23 the department of management to facilitate the meetings.
2 24 LSB 1895HV 83
2 25 rn/nh/24