Bill Text: IA SF2005 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a solar energy initiative involving specified institutions under the control of the state board of regents, and making an appropriation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-23 - Subcommittee, Hogg, Chapman, and Dvorsky. S.J. 117. [SF2005 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF2005-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2005
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2005
BY
HOGG
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
solar
energy
initiative
involving
1
specified
institutions
under
the
control
of
the
state
board
2
of
regents,
and
making
an
appropriation.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
SOLAR
ENERGY
INITIATIVE
——
APPROPRIATION.
1
1.
A
solar
energy
initiative
is
established
for
the
2
installation
and
initial
maintenance
of
solar
energy
systems
3
with
no
less
than
two
thousand
kilowatts
of
generating
capacity
4
per
system
at
specified
institutions
under
the
control
of
5
the
state
board
of
regents.
Solar
energy
systems
shall
be
6
installed
pursuant
to
the
initiative
at
the
state
university
7
of
Iowa,
Iowa
state
university
of
science
and
technology,
and
8
the
university
of
northern
Iowa
by
no
later
than
June
30,
2017.
9
Each
institution
shall
provide
funding
necessary
for
completion
10
of
the
installation
in
the
event
that
the
amount
allocated
11
for
distribution
to
the
institution
pursuant
to
subsection
3
12
is
insufficient
to
complete
the
installation.
All
equipment
13
utilized
and
incorporated
into
the
installation
shall
be
14
manufactured
in
the
United
States.
15
2.
Each
institution
receiving
funding
pursuant
to
the
16
solar
energy
initiative
shall
submit
a
report
by
December
15
17
annually
beginning
December
15,
2014,
and
ending
December
18
15,
2019,
regarding
installation
progress
and
the
resulting
19
amount
and
value
of
energy
production.
The
report
shall
be
20
submitted
to
the
chairpersons
and
ranking
members
of
the
senate
21
and
house
of
representatives
standing
committees
on
natural
22
resources,
natural
resources
and
environment,
education,
and
23
appropriations,
and
the
joint
transportation,
infrastructure,
24
and
capitals
appropriations
subcommittee.
25
3.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
26
to
the
state
board
of
regents
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
27
July
1,
2014,
and
ending
June
30,
2015,
the
following
amount,
28
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
29
designated:
30
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$
18,000,000
31
One-third
of
the
amount
appropriated
pursuant
to
this
32
subsection
shall
be
distributed
by
the
board
to
each
of
the
33
three
institutions
involved
in
the
initiative.
Notwithstanding
34
section
8.33,
unencumbered
or
unobligated
moneys
received
in
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accordance
with
this
subsection
shall
not
revert
but
shall
1
remain
available
for
expenditure
for
the
purposes
designated
2
until
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
that
ends
four
years
after
3
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year
for
which
the
appropriation
is
made.
4
EXPLANATION
5
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
7
This
bill
establishes
a
solar
energy
initiative
involving
8
specified
institutions
under
the
control
of
the
state
board
of
9
regents.
10
The
initiative
involves
the
installation
of
solar
energy
11
systems
of
no
less
than
2,000
kilowatts
of
generating
capacity
12
per
system
at
the
university
of
Iowa,
Iowa
state
university,
13
and
the
university
of
northern
Iowa
by
no
later
than
June
14
30,
2017.
The
bill
requires
each
institution
to
utilize
and
15
incorporate
only
equipment
manufactured
in
the
United
States
16
in
making
the
installation,
and
to
submit
a
report
to
the
17
chairpersons
and
ranking
members
of
specified
senate
and
house
18
of
representatives
committees
and
subcommittees
by
December
15
19
annually
for
a
five-year
period
regarding
installation
progress
20
and
the
amount
and
value
of
resulting
electricity
production.
21
The
bill
appropriates
$18
million
from
the
general
fund
22
of
the
state
to
the
state
board
of
regents
for
the
fiscal
23
year
beginning
July
1,
2014,
and
ending
June
30,
2015,
for
24
purposes
of
establishing
the
solar
energy
initiative,
to
be
25
distributed
in
equal
one-third
shares
to
each
of
the
three
26
institutions
involved
in
the
initiative.
The
distributed
27
funds
shall
be
used
to
complete
and
initially
maintain
the
28
installations.
The
bill
provides
that
an
institution
shall
29
provide
funding
necessary
for
completion
of
the
installation
in
30
the
event
the
distributed
funds
are
insufficient
to
complete
31
the
installation.
The
bill
provides
that
the
appropriation
32
shall
not
revert
but
shall
remain
available
for
purposes
of
the
33
initiative
until
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
ending
June
30,
34
2019.
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