Bill Text: IA SF2202 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the level of fees imposed pursuant to the land recycling program. (Formerly SSB 3068; See SF 2392.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-08 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SF2202 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2202-Introduced.html

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Senate File 2202 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL
                                     RESOURCES AND
                                     ENVIRONMENT

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                     3068)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the level of fees imposed pursuant to the
  2    land recycling program.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455H.107, subsection 2, Code 2018, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  All participants shall enter into an agreement with
  1  4 the department to reimburse the department for actual costs
  1  5 incurred by the department in reviewing documents submitted
  1  6 as a part of the enrollment of the site. This fee shall not
  1  7 exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars per enrolled site
  1  8 for sites enrolled prior to July 1, 2018.  For sites enrolled
  1  9 on or after July 1, 2018, the fee shall not exceed twenty=five
  1 10 thousand dollars per enrolled site. An agreement entered
  1 11 into under this subsection must allow the department access
  1 12 to the enrolled site and must require a demonstration of the
  1 13 participant's ability to carry out a response action reasonably
  1 14 associated with the enrolled site.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 17 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 18    Currently, the department of natural resources operates a
  1 19 land recycling program to address potentially contaminated
  1 20 sites throughout the state. Pursuant to the program, an
  1 21 owner of potentially affected real property may enter into
  1 22 a voluntary agreement with the department to avoid possible
  1 23 litigation and fines if the property poses certain health
  1 24 or safety risks. Upon enrollment in the program, an owner
  1 25 must agree to reimburse the department for the actual costs
  1 26 it incurs in reviewing documents that the owner submitted to
  1 27 enroll the site. The reimbursement amount shall not exceed
  1 28 $7,500 per enrolled site.
  1 29    This bill increases the cap for reimbursement to the
  1 30 department for reviewing submitted documents to $25,000 per
  1 31 enrolled site for sites enrolled on or after July 1, 2018. The
  1 32 current limit of no more than $7,500 per enrolled site remains
  1 33 the same for sites enrolled prior to July 1, 2018.
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