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Statehouse News – Week 1 – 2009 Session
Every week we will be releasing a newsletter informing folks about what has been going on in the House of Representatives during the past week and letting you know about what’s coming up in the coming weeks. If you are interested in subscribing to your local representatives newsletter you can go to our “Statehouse News” page and subscribe.
Here’s the Week 1 edition. Enjoy!
Week 6 Review
HF 2212 Smoke Free Air Act. The bill prohibits smoking in the workplace and most public places. Exceptions include private residences (unless used for child care), stores pri-marily selling tobacco, casinos, certain private clubs, certain veterans organizations, limos under private hire, and employer owned vehicles provided exclusively to one employee. (Passed House 56-44) to Senate.
HF 2215 Bond Activity Procedures and Cap under IFA Extends the time allowed to prepare an industrial activity bond through the Iowa Finance Authority, while reducing the time for an extension. The bill also caps a single bond project at $10 million so more projects would be allowed in one year. (Passed House 98-0) to Senate.
HF 2195 Prison Population Exempt from Enterprise Zone Criteria Exempts prison popula-tion from the population loss criteria, so Page County would qualify for the Enterprise Zone program. It would not bump off another county from the list of eligible counties. Page County would not be eligible for an ethanol plant project through the program. (Passed House 97-0) to Senate.
HF 2154 Academic Progress Monitoring. Monitors the progress of students entering high school to assess the credits they’ve earned to advance to be a sophomore. (passed Committee 22-0) to House Calendar
HF 2183 Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL). Allows school districts to utilize PPEL dollars to repay loans for conservation measures. Conservation is currently a permissible use of PPEL. (passed Committee 22-0) to House Calendar. (more…)