Legislative update outlines Iowa 2000 session priorities
The 2000 session produced a three pronged plan funding major attractions and school fixes. It creates a Millennium Fund with 300 million in bonds, CAT program extensions, and a 50 million school bonding authority. A Vision Iowa board reviews qualifying projects while a waterway cleanup pushes conservation measures drawing nearly 70 million federal funds. The 4.9 billion 2001 budget expands health care, tobacco control, and prevention, with tax cuts and credits. A Senior Living Trust Fund attracts 156 million in federal support for elder care and long term options.
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Vision Iawa
Iowa
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Tom Vilsack
Vilsack
National Tobacco Settlement
Unfinished Business at Iowa General Assembly
The 78th Iowa General Assembly left several issues unresolved including electric industry restructuring to boost competition and teacher-pay concerns worsened by retirements. Lawmakers may revisit plans to raise interstate speed limits, cut the drunk driving BAC to .08, require ethanol fuel at service stations, and pursue land-use and farmland preservation to curb urban sprawl.
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Iowa Electric Industry
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