Iowa § 15H.6 - 15H.6 Iowa green corps program.

§ 15H.6. 15H.6 Iowa green corps program.

1. The commission, in collaboration with the department of natural resources, the department of workforce development, and the utilities commission, shall establish an Iowa green corps program. The commission shall work with the collaborating agencies and nonprofit agencies in developing a strategy for attracting additional financial resources for the program from other sources which may include but are not limited to utilities, private sector, and local, state, and federal government funding sources. The financial resources received shall be credited to the community programs account created pursuant to section 15H.5. 2. The program shall utilize AmeriCorps or Iowa summer youth corps program volunteers to provide capacity building activities, training, and implementation of major transformative projects in communities. The project selection shall emphasize energy efficiency, historic preservation, neighborhood development, and storm water reduction and management. 3. The capacity building activities shall be targeted in communities that are already working with existing community improvement programs, including but not limited to the green streets and main street Iowa programs administered by the economic development authority, and disaster remediation activities by communities located within an area declared to be a disaster area in a declaration issued by the president of the United States or the governor. 2009 Acts, ch 161, §2, 4; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §38, 85, 89; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §9; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2659; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369; 2025 Acts, ch 147, §35 Referred to in §15H.5, 15H.9 Subsection 3 amended Wed Dec 10 22:10:30 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 15H.6 (27, 1)