House
Study
Bill
655
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SCHULTZ)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
creating
a
derelict
building
grant
program
and
fund
and
1
making
appropriations.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
455B.861
Derelict
building
grant
1
program
——
fund.
2
1.
As
used
in
this
section,
unless
the
context
otherwise
3
requires:
4
a.
“Abandoned
building”
means
a
building
that
is
owned
by
an
5
eligible
community
that
has
been
abandoned
for
three
or
more
6
years.
7
b.
“Eligible
community”
means
a
city
with
a
population
of
8
five
thousand
or
fewer
or
a
school
district
that
includes
a
9
population
of
five
thousand
or
fewer.
10
2.
The
department
shall
establish
and
administer
a
derelict
11
building
grant
program
to
provide
financial
assistance
12
to
eligible
communities
to
address
abandoned
buildings
by
13
promoting
waste
abatement,
diversion,
selective
dismantlement
14
of
building
components,
and
recycling.
The
program
shall
be
15
administered
in
accordance
with
rules
adopted
by
the
commission
16
pursuant
to
chapter
17A.
17
3.
Financial
assistance
under
the
program
shall
consist
18
of
grants
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
five
hundred
thousand
19
dollars.
A
grant
shall
not
exceed
seventy-five
percent
of
the
20
total
costs
of
promoting
waste
abatement,
diversion,
selective
21
dismantlement,
and
recycling
of
a
single
abandoned
building.
22
4.
Eligible
costs
for
financial
assistance
under
the
23
program
include
but
are
not
limited
to
asbestos
and
other
24
hazardous
material
abatement
and
removal,
the
recovery
and
25
processing
of
recyclable
or
reusable
material
through
selective
26
dismantlement,
and
reimbursement
for
purchased
recycled
content
27
materials
used
in
the
renovation
of
buildings.
28
5.
a.
A
derelict
building
grant
fund
is
created
in
the
29
state
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
department.
The
fund
30
shall
include
moneys
appropriated
by
the
general
assembly
and
31
any
other
moneys
available
to
and
obtained
or
accepted
by
the
32
department,
including
moneys
from
public
or
private
sources.
33
Moneys
in
the
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
department
and
shall
34
be
used
exclusively
to
carry
out
the
provisions
of
this
section
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as
determined
by
the
department,
and
shall
not
require
further
1
special
authorization
by
the
general
assembly.
2
b.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
appropriated
in
this
3
section
that
remain
unencumbered
or
unobligated
at
the
close
of
4
the
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
but
shall
remain
available
for
5
expenditure
for
the
purposes
designated
until
the
close
of
the
6
fiscal
year
that
ends
five
years
after
the
end
of
the
fiscal
7
year
for
which
the
appropriation
was
made.
8
Sec.
2.
APPROPRIATION.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
9
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
natural
10
resources
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2014,
and
11
ending
June
30,
2015,
the
following
amount,
for
deposit
in
the
12
derelict
building
grant
fund:
13
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$
25,000,000
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
natural
resources
to
18
create
a
derelict
building
grant
program
to
provide
financial
19
assistance
to
eligible
communities
to
address
abandoned
20
buildings
by
promoting
waste
abatement,
diversion,
selective
21
dismantlement
of
building
components,
and
recycling.
Under
22
the
program,
an
eligible
community
is
a
city
with
a
population
23
of
5,000
or
fewer
or
a
school
district
that
includes
a
24
population
of
5,000
or
fewer.
Financial
assistance
under
the
25
program
shall
consist
of
grants
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
26
$500,000
and
a
grant
shall
not
exceed
75
percent
of
the
total
27
costs
of
promoting
waste
abatement,
diversion,
selective
28
dismantlement,
and
recycling
of
a
single
abandoned
building.
29
Eligible
costs
for
financial
assistance
include
but
are
not
30
limited
to
asbestos
and
other
hazardous
material
abatement
and
31
removal,
the
recovery
and
processing
of
recyclable
or
reusable
32
material
through
selective
dismantlement,
and
reimbursement
for
33
purchased
recycled
content
materials
used
in
the
renovation
of
34
buildings.
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The
bill
creates
a
derelict
building
grant
fund
in
the
state
1
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
department.
2
The
bill
appropriates
$25
million
to
the
department
for
FY
3
2014-2015
for
deposit
in
the
derelict
building
grant
fund.
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