House File 541 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 541 BY COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 208) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the development of a hub and spoke recycling 1 program and providing for an allocation of moneys from the 2 groundwater protection fund. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2564HV (2) 86 tr/nh

H.F. 541 Section 1. Section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (1), Code 2015, is amended by adding the following 2 new subparagraph division: 3 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH DIVISION . (0a) For the fiscal year 4 beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, not more 5 than two hundred fifty thousand dollars to the department 6 for purposes of developing a hub and spoke recycling program 7 to create regional recycling processing centers in large 8 communities and encourage small communities to deliver 9 recyclables to the centers. 10 EXPLANATION 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 12 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 13 This bill provides for funding to the department of natural 14 resources from the solid waste alternatives program to create 15 a hub and spoke recycling program. The program is to create 16 regional recycling processing centers in large communities, 17 or “hubs”, and encourage small communities, or “spokes”, to 18 deliver recyclables to the centers. The bill allocates to the 19 department from the solid waste account of the groundwater 20 protection fund created in Code section 455E.11, $250,000 in 21 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 22 2016, to develop the program. The environmental protection 23 commission has authority to adopt administrative rules to 24 implement Code chapter 455E. 25 -1- LSB 2564HV (2) 86 tr/nh 1/ 1