Bill Text: IA SF94 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act regarding disposal of yard waste in landfills operating a methane collection system. (See SF 224.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-05 - Passed subcommittee. [SF94 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF94-Introduced.html

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Senate File 94 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  PETERSEN

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act regarding disposal of yard waste in landfills operating
  2    a  methane collection system.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455D.9, subsection 1, Code 2015, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  d.  When the yard waste is collected for
  1  4 disposal by a sanitary landfill that operates a methane
  1  5 collection system that produces energy.
  1  6                           EXPLANATION
  1  7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1  8 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1  9    Currently, disposal of yard waste in a sanitary landfill is
  1 10 prohibited except in three specific circumstances. This bill
  1 11 adds a fourth exception to allow for the disposal of yard waste
  1 12 in a sanitary landfill when the sanitary landfill operates a
  1 13 methane collection system that produces energy.
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