Senate File 335 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  SEYMOUR


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to permit fees for the diversion, storage, and
  2    withdrawal of water.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2438SS 83
  5 tm/nh/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455B.265, subsection 6, paragraph a,
  1  2 Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  The amount of a fee shall be based on the department's
  1  4 reasonable cost of reviewing applications, issuing permits,
  1  5 ensuring compliance with the terms of the permits, and
  1  6 resolving water interference complaints.  The commission shall
  1  7 calculate the fees to produce total revenues of not more than
  1  8 five two hundred fifty thousand dollars for each fiscal year,
  1  9 commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and
  1 10 ending June 30, 2010.  The amount of a fee shall not exceed
  1 11 twenty=five dollars.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill relates to permit fees for the diversion,
  1 14 storage, and withdrawal of water.
  1 15    Currently, the environmental protection commission is
  1 16 required to calculate permit fees for the diversion, storage,
  1 17 and withdrawal of water to produce total revenues of not more
  1 18 than $500,000 for each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009.
  1 19 The bill changes the maximum revenue amount to $250,000 and
  1 20 provides that the maximum fee shall not exceed $25.
  1 21 LSB 2438SS 83
  1 22 tm/nh/5