House Study Bill 56 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                                            BILL BY CHAIRPERSON OLSON)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for qualification for the wind energy production
  2    tax credit by specified educational institutions and public
  3    hospitals.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 476B.1, subsection 4, paragraph d, Code
  1  2 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    d.  Meets one of the following:
  1  4    (1)  For applications filed on or after March 1, 2008,
  1  5 consists of one or more wind turbines connected to a common
  1  6 gathering line which have a combined nameplate capacity of no
  1  7 less than two megawatts.
  1  8    (2)  For applications filed on or after July 1, 2009, by a
  1  9 private college or university, community college, institution
  1 10 under the control of the state board of regents, or public
  1 11 hospital as defined in section 249J.3, for onsite consumption
  1 12 of qualified electricity, wind turbines with a nameplate
  1 13 capacity of three=fourths of a megawatt or greater.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill adds to the definition of a "qualified facility",
  1 16 with reference to eligibility for the wind energy production
  1 17 tax credit, applications filed on or after July 1, 2009, by a
  1 18 private college or university, community college, institution
  1 19 under the control of the state board of regents, or public
  1 20 hospital as defined in Code section 249J.3.  Qualification
  1 21 would be restricted to onsite consumption of qualified
  1 22 electricity for wind turbines with a nameplate capacity of
  1 23 three=fourths of a megawatt or greater.
  1 24 LSB 1650YC 83
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