Senate File 86 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  HOGG


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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act directing the Iowa climate change advisory council to
  2    conduct an assessment and prepare a report regarding the
  3    state's vulnerability to climatic change.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1895SS 83
  6 rn/nh/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  CLIMATIC CHANGE ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.
  1  2    1.  The Iowa climate change advisory council established in
  1  3 section 455B.851 shall identify and assess the state's
  1  4 vulnerability to climatic change and the impact of such change
  1  5 upon the state's environment, resources, and citizens.  The
  1  6 vulnerability assessment shall include but not be limited to
  1  7 consideration of 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 assessing the state's vulnerability to
  1 21 climatic change as specified in subsection 1, the council
  1 22 shall also assess 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 these assessments, the council 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 council may hold no more than three meetings in
  1 32 conducting the assessment 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 the Iowa climate change advisory council
  2  2 to conduct an assessment and prepare a report assessing this
  2  3 state's vulnerability to climatic change.
  2  4    The bill provides that the assessment of vulnerability to
  2  5 climatic change shall include but not be limited to the impact
  2  6 upon state water resources and water management policies and
  2  7 practices, weather=related events, adverse health effects,
  2  8 energy resources, invasive species entrance or development,
  2  9 and natural resources management strategies.  The bill
  2 10 provides that the council shall also assess the range of
  2 11 possible economic and other damages arising from unmitigated
  2 12 climatic change, and the range of possible costs relating
  2 13 either to efforts to mitigate climatic change or to adapt to
  2 14 unmitigated changes.
  2 15    Based on these assessments, the bill requires the council
  2 16 to develop recommendations regarding adaptation measures to
  2 17 minimize the anticipated future costs of climatic change, and
  2 18 to submit a report containing the recommendations to the
  2 19 general assembly by December 31, 2009.  The bill limits the
  2 20 number of meetings the council shall be authorized to conduct
  2 21 to three, and authorizes the council to utilize the department
  2 22 of management to facilitate the meetings.
  2 23 LSB 1895SS 83
  2 24 rn/nh/24