House File 827 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 769)
                                       (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 conduct an Iowa
  2    climate change impacts review.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1895HZ 83
  5 rn/nh/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  IOWA CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS REVIEW.
  1  2    1.  Institutions under the control of the state board of
  1  3 regents shall conduct a climate change impacts review.  The
  1  4 review shall include the following:
  1  5    a.  Performance of an initial review of available climate
  1  6 change impacts studies relevant to this state.
  1  7    b.  Preparation of a summary of available data on recent
  1  8 changes in relevant climate conditions.
  1  9    c.  Identification of climate change impacts issues which
  1 10 require further research and an estimate of their cost.
  1 11    d.  Identification of important public policy issues
  1 12 relevant to climate change impacts.
  1 13    2.  In conducting the review, the institutions shall meet
  1 14 at least twice with the Iowa climate change advisory council
  1 15 established in section 455B.851.  The institutions shall
  1 16 submit a report containing the information prepared pursuant
  1 17 to this section to the general assembly no later than December
  1 18 31, 2009.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill directs institutions under the control of the
  1 21 state board of regents to conduct a climate change impacts
  1 22 review.  The bill provides that the review shall include
  1 23 performance of an initial review of available climate change
  1 24 impacts studies relevant to Iowa, preparation of a summary of
  1 25 available data on recent changes in relevant climate
  1 26 conditions, identification of climate change impacts issues
  1 27 requiring further research and an estimate of their cost, and
  1 28 identification of important public policy issues relevant to
  1 29 climate change impacts.
  1 30    The bill requires the regents institutions to meet at least
  1 31 twice with the Iowa climate change advisory council, and
  1 32 provides that the institutions shall submit a report regarding
  1 33 the results of the review to the general assembly by December
  1 34 31, 2009.
  1 35 LSB 1895HZ 83
  2  1 rn/nh/24