House File 123 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 123 BY WATTS , KOESTER , WORTHAN , PEARSON , GARRETT , THOMAS , COWNIE , and BALTIMORE A BILL FOR An Act relating to certain fees associated with solid waste. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 1631YH (3) 84 tm/nh
H.F. 123 Section 1. Section 455B.105, subsection 11, Code 2011, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . d. Any fee schedule adopted by the 3 commission regarding the regulation of division IV, part 1 of 4 this chapter shall not include fees that exceed the actual, 5 identifiable amount necessary for such regulatory activities. 6 Sec. 2. Section 455B.304, Code 2011, is amended by adding 7 the following new subsection: 8 NEW SUBSECTION . 20. The commission shall adopt rules 9 prohibiting a planning area from imposing a fee on the disposal 10 of solid waste, including construction and demolition waste, at 11 a sanitary landfill outside the planning area when the solid 12 waste is being hauled by the person who generated the solid 13 waste inside the planning area and the solid waste does not 14 exceed one ton at the time of disposal. 15 EXPLANATION 16 This bill relates to certain fees associated with solid 17 waste. 18 The bill prohibits the environmental protection commission, 19 when adopting a fee schedule regarding the regulation of 20 certain solid waste-related Code sections, from adopting fees 21 that exceed the actual identifiable amount necessary for such 22 regulatory activities. 23 The bill requires the environmental protection commission 24 to adopt rules prohibiting a planning area from imposing a fee 25 on the disposal of solid waste at a sanitary landfill outside 26 the planning area when the solid waste is being hauled by the 27 person who generated the solid waste inside the planning area 28 and the solid waste does not exceed one ton at the time of 29 disposal. 30 -1- LSB 1631YH (3) 84 tm/nh 1/ 1