कोडी स्मिथ द्वारा, पूर्व कर्मचारी सदस्य
ग्रामीण आयोवालाई डेस मोइन्समा ल्याउँदै
Nearly five months after the start of the 2021 legislative session, state lawmakers are approaching the finish line. As lawmakers finalize their budgets and wrap up the session, 47 bills have already been signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds. For rural Iowans, some major initiatives have moved forward, including an historic investment in rural broadband. Unfortunately, our work to improve water quality and promote renewable energy has not received the same support in the current legislative environment. While we remain committed to working on these issues in the interim and during the next legislative session, these areas remain largely unaddressed by the Legislature this year
But, on the bright side, thanks in part to our efforts to elevate the voices of small meat processors, farmers, and legislators, House File 857, a bill to support Iowa’s main street meat lockers, is one vote away from reaching the governor’s desk. No fewer than a dozen small meat processors have reached out to their state senators after we connected with them, putting pressure on the Iowa Senate to move the bill forward. In addition, we hosted a press conference on April 21 which featured seven state lawmakers, two small meat processors, and two farmers in support of the bill.
ग्रामीण आयोवाप्रति तपाईंको प्रतिबद्धताको लागि धन्यवाद।
ग्रामीण आर्थिक विकास
Rural economies play a crucial role in Iowa’s economic growth and expansion. Thanks to your support and partnership, we have worked with lawmakers to help secure historic investments in the future of rural Iowa.
House File (HF) 857-का लागि: An act establishing a Butchery Innovation and Revitalization Fund and Program to be administered by the Iowa Economic Development Authority and creating a task force to explore the feasibility of establishing a community college artisanal butchery program.
प्रतिनिधि चाड इन्गेल्सद्वारा प्रस्तुत गरिएको यो विधेयकले नयाँ र अवस्थित साना मासु लकरहरूलाई अनुदान, कम ब्याजदरमा ऋण र क्षमायोग्य ऋणको रूपमा सहयोग गर्नेछ जसले गर्दा उनीहरू बढ्न मद्दत मिल्नेछ। यो विधेयक २०२० मा समाप्त भएको मासु प्रशोधन विस्तार र विकास कार्यक्रमलाई पूरक बनाउन डिजाइन गरिएको हो।
अद्यतन: After passing the Iowa House on March 13 with a vote of 91-0, this bill passed a subcommittee consisting of Sens. Jeff Reichman, Ken Rozenboom, and William A. Dotzler and the Senate Appropriations Committee on April 27. This leaves only a full Senate floor vote on the bill, which includes our suggested amendment language that prohibits any facility employing more than 50 individuals from accessing this program.
के तपाईं HF 857 को समर्थनमा आफ्नो राज्य सिनेटरलाई इमेल पठाउनुहुन्छ?? You can also call them by यहाँ उनीहरूको फोन नम्बर खोज्दै। हामी तपाईंको सिनेटरलाई तपाईंको सन्देश तयार पार्न मद्दत गर्न पाउँदा धेरै खुसी छौं, त्यसैले यदि हामी सहयोग गर्न सक्छौं भने कृपया हामीलाई सम्पर्क गर्नुहोस्।
HF १००-का लागि: ब्रॉडब्यान्ड सेवासँग सम्बन्धित ऐन, जसमा मुख्य सूचना अधिकारीको कार्यालय, एम्पावर रुरल आयोवा ब्रॉडब्यान्ड अनुदान कोषको कार्यक्षेत्र अन्तर्गतका विषयहरू, र प्रभावकारी मिति र लागू हुने प्रावधानहरू समावेश छन्।
This is Gov. Reynolds’ broadband bill, which she announced in her Condition of the State Address in January. In all, the governor proposed to allocate $150 million for broadband expansion this fiscal year and up to a total of $450 million by 2025. The final expenditure amount is currently being debated by House and Senate leadership, but the funding is expected to be $100 million when the final budget is adopted. This investment in rural broadband is historic and a model for other states to follow. We are proud to have supported this bill.
अद्यतन: On March 29, HF 898 passed the House with a vote of 94-0. On April 6, this bill also passed the Senate with a vote of 47-0. Gov. Reynolds' signed the bill on April 28.
नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा
As we said in our last update, HF 221, remains stuck in the House Ways & Means Committee. The prospects for this bill and the solar customers on the waitlist are not looking promising.
At this point, we are down to the wire. If you haven’t already, we encourage you to tweet your state lawmakers, उनीहरूलाई फोन गर।वा send them an email, especially if you are one of the more than 1900 customers who are on the waitlist. We also stand ready to help you write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper in support of this bill. For the folks on the multi-year waiting list to receive their solar tax credit, it’s now or never.
यो अतिरञ्जना होइन, यदि प्रतीक्षा सूचीमा रहेका व्यक्तिहरूलाई भुक्तानी गर्ने कार्य बिना सत्र पारित भयो भने, यी व्यक्तिहरूले जनवरीदेखि आफ्नो राज्य सौर्य कर क्रेडिट प्राप्त गर्नेछैनन्।
HF १००-का लागि: व्यक्तिगत र कर्पोरेट आयकर, फ्रान्चाइज कर, पैसा र क्रेडिट कर, र प्रभावकारी मिति र पूर्वव्यापी लागू हुने प्रावधानहरू सहितको सौर्य ऊर्जा प्रणाली कर क्रेडिटसँग सम्बन्धित ऐन। प्रतिनिधि जाराड क्लेनद्वारा प्रस्तुत गरिएको, यो विधेयकले ग्रामीण आयोवाका किसानहरू, साना व्यवसायहरू र घरधनीहरूलाई सौर्य ऊर्जा खरिद गर्दा लगानीमा दीर्घकालीन प्रतिफल उत्पन्न गर्न मद्दत गर्नेछ। विधेयकले निम्न कुराहरू गर्नेछ:
- हाम्रो राज्यको सौर्य उद्योगको दीर्घकालीन वृद्धिलाई प्रवर्द्धन गर्न २०२१ देखि सुरु हुने गरी आयोवा सौर्य कर क्रेडिटमा राज्यले लगाएको सीमा $५ मिलियनबाट दोब्बर $१० मिलियन बनाउनुहोस्।
- सौर्य ऊर्जा प्रणाली खरिद गरिसकेका र आफ्नो ऋण प्राप्त गर्न पर्खिरहेका किसान, साना व्यवसाय र घरधनीहरूको वर्षौंदेखिको ब्याकलग तिर्न २०२१ मा थप ७० लाख डलर छुट्याउनुहोस्।
- आयोवा सोलार ट्याक्स क्रेडिटलाई संघीय लगानी कर क्रेडिट (ITC) बाट अलग गरेर र कुल परियोजना लागतको १५% मा राज्य क्रेडिट सेट गरेर आयोवाको स्वच्छ-ऊर्जा नेतृत्वलाई बलियो बनाउनुहोस्। हाल, क्रेडिट संघीय ITC को ५०% हुने लेखिएको छ, जसले आयोवाको स्वच्छ ऊर्जा भविष्यलाई अप्रत्याशित संघीय सरकारको दयामा छोड्छ।
- आयोवा सोलार ट्याक्स क्रेडिटको म्याद सकिने मिति डिसेम्बर ३०, २०३० तोक्नुहोस्।
अझै सिक:
कानूनले आयोवाको स्वच्छ ऊर्जा भविष्यलाई उज्यालो बनाउन सक्छ
आयोवा वातावरणीय परिषद्का हाम्रा साझेदारहरूबाट यो स्रोत हेर्नुहोस्।.
हाम्रा आधिकारिक टिप्पणीहरू यहाँ पढ्नुहोस्.
पानीको गुणस्तर
यो स्रोतहरू बढाउने जलाधार विकास (पानी) पाइलट कार्यक्रम we proposed this year was a strong, evidence-based proposal with solid bipartisan support. The program, which would have authorized the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to competitively grant three, three-year grants to eligible watershed management authorities to cover the cost of staffing a full time watershed coordinator, would have helped accelerate progress toward the goals of the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy while also reducing flood risks. By investing in watershed coordinators, the state could have empowered locally-directed watershed efforts to be proactive in their efforts to identify farmers and landowners who are willing to implement water quality improvement and flood mitigation practices.
Unfortunately, not even common-sense, bipartisan proposals to improve water quality and reduce flooding impacts could survive in this political environment, especially after the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship pushed back on our proposal to lawmakers. We still believe that Iowa’s quickest path to clean water and flood resilient communities rests with हाम्रो स्थानीय रूपमा निर्देशित जलाधार प्रयासहरूको नेतृत्वलाई उपयोग गर्दै। को सफलता recent projects led by watershed management authorities to rapidly expand water quality practices in Iowa is further evidence in support of our proposed path forward.
We will continue our efforts to promote locally-directed efforts to clean up Iowa’s water.
एचएफ ५२३ / SF २-लागि: यो विधेयकले काउन्टी बाढी न्यूनीकरण गतिविधिहरूलाई "आवश्यक काउन्टी उद्देश्य" को रूपमा परिभाषित गर्न राज्य संहितालाई परिमार्जन गर्दछ, जसले काउन्टी पर्यवेक्षकहरूको बोर्डलाई ऋण सम्झौता गर्न र बन्डहरू अनुमोदन गर्न अनुमति दिनेछ, जुन अन्य आवश्यक काउन्टी उद्देश्यहरूको लागि अनुमति दिइएको छ।
अद्यतन: After passing the House with a vote of 93-0, HF 523 passed the Iowa Senate unanimously on April 28. We continue to believe that this bill would empower counties to leverage every available tool to protect rural communities from the devastating impacts of flooding. The final step in this process is a signature from Gov. Reynolds.
