Bill Text: IA HF486 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to community catalyst building remediation grants for emergency projects. (Formerly HSB 91.) Effective 7-1-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-10 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1081. [HF486 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF486-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
COMMUNITY
CATALYST
BUILDING
REMEDIATION
GRANTS
FOR
EMERGENCY
PROJECTS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
15.231,
subsection
2,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
a.
The
authority
shall
use
moneys
in
the
fund
to
provide
grants
to
cities
for
the
remediation
of
underutilized
buildings.
The
authority
may
provide
grants
under
this
section
using
a
competitive
scoring
process.
Notwithstanding
subsection
3,
an
emergency
project
shall
be
eligible
for
a
grant
under
this
section.
b.
As
used
in
this
section,
unless
the
context
otherwise
requires:
(1)
“Emergency
project”
means
remediation
of
an
underutilized
building
that
may
present
a
unique
and
immediate
opportunity,
or
a
unique
and
immediate
threat.
(2)
“Unique
and
immediate
opportunity”
means
remediation
of
an
underutilized
building
is
time-sensitive
and
remediation
is
reasonably
expected
to
result
in
economic
growth
for
the
city
in
which
the
underutilized
building
is
located.
(3)
“Unique
and
immediate
threat”
means
remediation
of
an
underutilized
building
may
involve
an
unforeseen
challenge
or
problem
that
has
the
potential
to
result
in
a
catastrophic
failure
of
the
building’s
integrity
and
structural
system.
An
unforeseen
challenge
or
problem
may
include
an
act
of
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nature
such
as
a
fire,
flood,
or
storm,
or
an
unexpected
structural
deficiency
such
as
a
compromised
load-bearing
wall.
A
challenge
or
problem
caused
by
deferred
maintenance
on
the
underutilized
building
does
not
qualify
as
a
unique
and
immediate
threat.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
486,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
