This is a heads-up about a bill that was unveiled yesterday at the Iowa
Legislature.

This bill is offered as a way to "improve Iowa's business climate."

The bill would amend 481.b3 which relates to Endangered &Threatened state
lists and would allow the state list to include only the same species as the
federal list if this passed (Iowa has very few federally-listed species).

I think this is Senate Study Bill 1155 and it covers a wide range of
proposed changes in business and labor regulation.  There is also some
rollback proposed for indoor air.

There is a press conference today at 3 p.m. in Room 24 at the Capitol --
there should be more news about this tomorrow or later today.

Sierrans might recall similar attempts to shorten the E&T list in the past,
but those were usually stand-alone bills.  This bill covers a wide range of
changes in regulations to "perk up the economy"  Leaders of the Iowa
Chamber Alliance said Monday they want to streamline the process that
businesses must go through to obtain permits," according to the Des Moines
Register.

I apologize if I have the Code section listed wrong, but I am sure you will
all get the idea.

Jane Clark
Des Moines

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