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 - 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: 4 TLSB 5107SS (6) 85 rn/nh
S.F. 2005 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 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 35 -1- LSB 5107SS (6) 85 rn/nh 1/ 2
S.F. 2005 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. 35 -2- LSB 5107SS (6) 85 rn/nh 2/ 2
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