Senate
Study
Bill
3168
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
UNDERGROUND
STORAGE
TANK
FUND
BOARD
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
Iowa
comprehensive
petroleum
underground
1
storage
tank
fund.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
455G.9,
subsection
7,
Code
2009,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
7.
Expenses
of
cleanup
not
required.
When
an
owner
or
3
operator
who
is
eligible
for
benefits
under
this
chapter
is
4
allowed
by
the
department
of
natural
resources
to
monitor
in
5
place,
the
expenses
incurred
for
cleanup
beyond
the
level
6
required
by
the
department
of
natural
resources
are
not
may
7
be
covered
under
any
of
the
accounts
established
under
the
fund
8
only
if
approved
by
the
board
as
cost-effective
relative
to
the
9
department
accepted
monitoring
plan
.
The
Any
cleanup
expenses
10
incurred
for
work
completed
beyond
what
is
required
approved
11
pursuant
to
this
subsection
is
the
responsibility
of
the
person
12
contracting
for
the
excess
cleanup.
13
Sec.
2.
REPEAL.
1989
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
131,
section
63,
14
as
amended
by
2009
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
184,
section
39,
is
15
repealed.
16
EXPLANATION
17
This
bill
relates
to
the
Iowa
comprehensive
petroleum
18
underground
storage
tank
fund.
19
Currently,
for
eligible
owners
and
operators
of
petroleum
20
underground
storage
tanks
who
are
allowed
to
monitor
in
place,
21
expenses
incurred
for
cleanup
beyond
the
level
required
by
22
the
department
of
natural
resources
are
not
covered
under
23
any
of
the
accounts
established
under
the
Iowa
comprehensive
24
petroleum
underground
storage
tank
fund.
The
bill
allows
25
such
owners
and
operators
to
receive
moneys
from
the
accounts
26
if
the
Iowa
comprehensive
petroleum
underground
storage
tank
27
fund
board
determines
the
expenses
are
cost-effective
relative
28
to
the
monitoring
plan
accepted
by
the
department
of
natural
29
resources.
30
Currently,
Code
sections
455G.6
and
455G.7,
relating
to
31
the
powers
and
duties
of
the
Iowa
comprehensive
petroleum
32
underground
storage
tank
fund
board
and
the
establishment
by
33
the
Iowa
finance
authority
of
certain
capital
reserve
funds
to
34
secure
bonds
issued
for
the
fund,
are
repealed
with
certain
35
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exceptions,
effective
July
1,
2010.
The
bill
eliminates
the
1
future
repeal.
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