HF 2332 (LSB 6036YH (2) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2332

BY  ISENHART

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to a schedule established by the environmental protection commission for civil penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 455B.109, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   The commission shall establish, by rule, a schedule or range of civil penalties which that may be administratively assessed. The schedule shall provide procedures and criteria for the administrative assessment of penalties of not more than ten one hundred thousand dollars for violations of this chapter or rules, permits, or orders adopted or issued under this chapter. In adopting a schedule or range of penalties and in proposing or assessing a penalty, the commission and director shall consider among other relevant factors the following:
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to a schedule established by the environmental protection commission for civil penalties.
   Currently, the environmental protection commission is required to establish a schedule or range of civil penalties of not more than $10,000 that may be administratively assessed. Currently, if a civil penalty is more than $10,000, the civil penalty is not administratively assessed.
   The bill increases the maximum administratively assessed civil penalty amount from $10,000 to $100,000.