Re: SF 485 Greenhouse Gas Bill Here is the makeup of the Council, see number 9 and 10 in particular:

  2  8    2.  a.  The voting members shall be appointed by
     2  9 the governor and shall represent the following:
     2 10    (1)  The university of Iowa center for global and
     2 11 regional environmental research.
     2 12    (2)  The university of northern Iowa center for
     2 13 energy and environmental education.
     2 14    (3)  The Iowa farm bureau.
     2 15    (4)  The Iowa public transit association.
     2 16    (5)  Rural electric cooperatives.
     2 17    (6)  Investor=owned utilities.
     2 18    (7)  Municipal utilities.
     2 19    (8)  The Iowa utilities board.
     2 20    (9)  One association with environmental interests
     2 21 or activities.
     2 22    (10)  One association with conservation interests
     2 23 or activities.
     2 24    (11)  The international brotherhood of electrical
     2 25 workers.
     2 26    (12)  The Iowa association of business and
     2 27 industry.
     2 28    (13)  The Iowa energy center.
     2 29    (14)  The Iowa renewable fuels association.
     2 30    (15)  The office of consumer advocate of the
     2 31 department of justice.
     2 32    (16)  A representative from local government.
     2 33    (17)  The director of the office of energy
     2 34 independence in the office of the governor.
     2 35    (18)  A manufacturer of equipment used for
     2 36 alternative energy production.
     2 37    b.  The four nonvoting, ex officio members shall
     2 38 consist of four members of the general assembly, two
     2 39 from the senate and two from the house of
     2 40 representatives, with not more than one member from
     2 41 each chamber being from the same political party.  The
     2 42 two senators shall be designated by the majority
     2 43 leader of the senate after consultation with the
     2 44 president and the minority leader of the senate.  The
     2 45 two representatives shall be designated by the speaker
     2 46 of the house of representatives after consultation
     2 47 with the majority and minority leaders of the house of
     2 48 representatives.
 


On 4/19/07 10:10 a, "Pamela Mackey-Taylor" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

So how many seats are guaranteed to environmental advocates?
I gather the "general public" does not specify an environmental advocate.
 
Pam


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