Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF299: A BILL FOR An Act establishing the Iowa carbon dioxide disaster relief fund, creating an excise tax, and making appropriations
Status: In committee, February 18, 2025
An Act establishing the Iowa carbon dioxide disaster relief fund, creating an excise tax, and making appropriations.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act establishing the Iowa carbon dioxide disaster relief fund, creating an excise tax, and making appropriations.
From the introduced text, February 13, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act establishing the Iowa carbon dioxide disaster relief fund, creating an excise tax, and making appropriations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1979XS (7) sb/js S.F. Section 1. NEW SECTION. 479B.34 Carbon dioxide disaster relief fund. 1. The purpose of this section is to establish a dedicated fund for disaster relief and safe, efficient disaster response to incidents involving liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline, transportation, and storage systems. 2. For purposes of this section: a. "Disaster" means any catastrophic event, regardless of size, resulting from the release or failure of a liquefied carbon dioxide pipeline, transportation, or storage system, including but not limited to a leakage, rupture, or other hazardous incident. b. "Fund" means the Iowa carbon dioxide disaster relief fund created in subsection 3. c. "Victim" means an individual, family, or community that suffers loss, injury, or property damage as a result of carbon dioxide release. 3. a. The Iowa carbon dioxide disaster relief fund is created within the state treasury under control of the department of natural resources. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to or deposited in the fund, including moneys deposited pursuant to subsection 4, and donations and gifts to the fund obtained from any source. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department …
Sponsors
- Sandy Salmon (R, 29) · primary sponsor
- Doug Campbell (R, 30)
- Cherielynn Westrich (R, 13)
- Dennis Guth (R, 28)
- Tim Kraayenbrink (R, 4)
- Mark Lofgren (R, 48)
- Dave Rowley (R, 5)
- Jeff Taylor (R, 2)
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee: Bousselot, Blake, and Driscoll. S.J. 303 .
- : Introduced, referred to Commerce. S.J. 264 .
Subjects: boards, commissions, and councils, utilities, pollution, appropriations, carbon dioxide, natural resources department, excise taxes, disaster relief
Common questions
- What is SF299?
- SF299 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act establishing the Iowa carbon dioxide disaster relief fund, creating an excise tax, and making appropriations.
- What does SF299 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act establishing the Iowa carbon dioxide disaster relief fund, creating an excise tax, and making appropriations.
- What is the status of SF299?
- In committee as of February 18, 2025. Latest action: Subcommittee: Bousselot, Blake, and Driscoll. S.J. 303 . (February 18, 2025).
- Who sponsored SF299?
- Sandy Salmon (R, 29), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SF299?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+0299&ga=91
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