SF 4 (LSB 1037SS (5) 85)

SENATE FILE 4

BY  HOGG

A BILL FOR

An Act making an appropriation to the state board of regents for purposes of constructing solar electric generation facilities at the state university of Iowa and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  SOLAR ELECTRIC GENERATION FACILITIES.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   For purposes of constructing and maintaining solar electric generation facilities at the state university of Iowa:
.................................................. $  3,100,000
   Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated for purposes of this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
   This bill appropriates $3.1 million from the general fund of the state for the 2012-2013 fiscal year to the state board of regents for purposes of constructing and maintaining solar electric generation facilities at the state university of Iowa. Unencumbered and unobligated moneys will not revert to the state general fund at the end of the fiscal year, but will remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the 2018 fiscal year. The bill takes effect upon enactment.