House File 227 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 227 BY WATTS A BILL FOR An Act deleting provisions requiring submission of an annual 1 greenhouse gas emissions report by the department of natural 2 resources. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1646YH (3) 84 rn/nh

H.F. 227 Section 1. Section 455B.104, subsection 4, Code 2011, is 1 amended by striking the subsection. 2 EXPLANATION 3 This bill deletes provisions which required the department 4 of natural resources to submit by December 31 annually a 5 report to the governor and the general assembly regarding the 6 greenhouse gas emissions in the state during the previous 7 calendar year and forecasting trends in such emissions. The 8 requirement was stated in separate Code provisions. Code 9 section 455B.851, subsection 9, contained this general 10 requirement, but is repealed effective July 1, 2011. Code 11 section 455B.104, subsection 4, mirrored this provision and 12 further stated that the first submission shall be filed by 13 December 31, 2011, for the calendar year beginning January 1, 14 2010. The bill deletes this subsection. 15 -1- LSB 1646YH (3) 84 rn/nh 1/ 1