House File 2324 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY ISENHART A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to a schedule established by the environmental 2 protection commission for civil penalties. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5905YH (3) 87 js/rn PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 455B.109, subsection 1, unnumbered 1 2 paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 The commission shall establish, by rule, a schedule or range 1 4 of civil penalties which may be administratively assessed. 1 5 The schedule shall provide procedures and criteria for the 1 6 administrative assessment of penalties of not more thanten 1 7twenty=five thousand dollars for violations of this chapter or 1 8 rules, permits, or orders adopted or issued under this chapter. 1 9 In adopting a schedule or range of penalties and in proposing 1 10 or assessing a penalty, the commission and director shall 1 11 consider among other relevant factors the following: 1 12 EXPLANATION 1 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 14 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 15 This bill relates to a schedule established by the 1 16 environmental protection commission for civil penalties. 1 17 Currently, the environmental protection commission is 1 18 required to establish a schedule or range of civil penalties of 1 19 not more than $10,000 that may be administratively assessed. 1 20 Currently, if a civil penalty is more than $10,000, the civil 1 21 penalty is not administratively assessed. 1 22 The bill increases the maximum administratively assessed 1 23 civil penalty amount from $10,000 to $25,000. LSB 5905YH (3) 87 js/rn