H.F. 32 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 314.32 Road salt use reduction 1 programs. 2 1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise 3 requires: 4 a. “Road salt” means sodium chloride, calcium chloride, 5 magnesium chloride, or any other substance containing chloride 6 used to treat or control the accumulation of ice and snow on 7 highways and streets. 8 b. “Winter season” means November 1 through May 31. 9 2. Each agency shall create a road salt use reduction 10 program within its jurisdiction. Under the program, the agency 11 shall reduce the amount of road salt used on the highways and 12 streets under its jurisdiction and control at a rate of five 13 percent per winter season for five winter seasons beginning 14 with the winter season commencing on November 1, 2021. The 15 required five percent reduction in road salt use shall be 16 measured against the amount of road salt used by the agency 17 during the preceding winter season, except that the reduction 18 required for the first winter season of the program shall be 19 measured against the amount of road salt used by the agency in 20 the winter season commencing on November 1, 2019. 21 3. Each agency shall proportionally increase its use of 22 organic additives, including the byproducts of midwestern-grown 23 renewable crops, to treat or control the accumulation of ice 24 and snow on highways and streets such that no decrease in the 25 effectiveness of snow and ice treatment or control occurs. 26 4. If an agency fails to meet the required five percent 27 reduction in road salt used in any winter season, that agency 28 shall add the amount of the shortfall to the following winter 29 season’s required reduction, increasing the percentage target 30 accordingly. 31 5. a. A county, city, or other municipality subject to the 32 program requirements set forth in this section shall certify 33 and file a report with the department on or before June 30 34 following each winter season in which it is required to reduce 35 -1- LSB 1340HH (4) 89 th/ns 1/ 4

H.F. 32 road salt use under its program. The department shall also 1 create a report on or before June 30 following each winter 2 season in which it is required to reduce road salt use under 3 its program. The reports required by this paragraph shall 4 include all of the following: 5 (1) The amount of road salt used by the agency during the 6 most recent winter season. 7 (2) The amount of road salt used by the agency during the 8 winter season preceding the most recent winter season, except 9 that the report required following the first winter season of 10 the program shall include the amount of road salt used by the 11 agency during the winter season commencing on November 1, 2019. 12 (3) The percentage difference between the amount reported 13 pursuant to subparagraph (1) and the amount reported pursuant 14 to subparagraph (2). 15 b. On or before July 31 following each winter season 16 in which an agency is required to create a report pursuant 17 to paragraph “a” , the department shall compile its report 18 and the reports received from counties, cities, and other 19 municipalities pursuant to paragraph “a” into a cumulative 20 report and submit the cumulative report in electronic format 21 to the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives 22 standing committees on transportation and the legislative 23 services agency. 24 Sec. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 25 3, shall not apply to this Act. 26 EXPLANATION 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 28 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 29 This bill requires each agency, meaning a governmental body 30 which exercises jurisdiction over any road as provided by law, 31 including the department of transportation (DOT), to create 32 a road salt use reduction program. Under the program, each 33 agency must reduce the amount of road salt used on the highways 34 and streets under its jurisdiction and control at a rate of 5 35 -2- LSB 1340HH (4) 89 th/ns 2/ 4

H.F. 32 percent per winter season for five winter seasons beginning 1 with the winter season commencing on November 1, 2021. The 5 2 percent reduction is measured against the amount of road salt 3 used by the agency during the preceding winter season, except 4 that the reduction required for the winter season commencing on 5 November 1, 2021, is measured against the amount of road salt 6 used in the winter season commencing on November 1, 2019. The 7 bill defines the terms “road salt” and “winter season”. 8 The bill requires each agency to proportionally increase 9 its use of organic additives, including the byproducts of 10 midwestern-grown renewable crops, to treat or control the 11 accumulation of ice and snow on highways and streets such that 12 no decrease in the effectiveness of snow and ice treatment or 13 control occurs. 14 An agency that fails to meet the required 5 percent reduction 15 in road salt use in any winter season must add the amount of the 16 shortfall to the following winter season’s required reduction. 17 A county, city, or other municipality subject to the program 18 requirements of the bill must file a report with the DOT on 19 or before June 30 following each winter season in which it 20 is required to reduce road salt use under its program. The 21 DOT must also create a report on or before June 30 following 22 each winter season in which it is required to reduce road salt 23 use under its program. The reports required by the bill must 24 include the amount of road salt used by the agency during the 25 most recent winter season; the amount of road salt used during 26 the winter season preceding the most recent winter season, 27 except the report required following the first winter season 28 of the program shall include the amount of road salt used by 29 the agency during the winter season commencing in 2019; and the 30 percentage difference between the two amounts. On or before 31 July 31 following each winter season, the DOT must then compile 32 its report and the reports received from counties, cities, and 33 other municipalities into a cumulative report and submit the 34 cumulative report to the chairpersons of the senate and house 35 -3- LSB 1340HH (4) 89 th/ns 3/ 4

H.F. 32 of representatives standing committees on transportation and 1 the legislative services agency. 2 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 3 section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, 4 subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from 5 complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of 6 the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, 7 political subdivisions are required to comply with any state 8 mandate included in the bill. 9 -4- LSB 1340HH (4) 89 th/ns 4/ 4