House File 447 - Introduced



                                   HOUSE FILE       
                                   BY  KAUFMANN, SWEENEY, SORENSON,
                                       DE BOEF, L. MILLER, WORTHAN,
                                       WATTS, HUSEMAN, SANDS, DOLECHECK,
                                       SCHULTZ, WINDSCHITL, HELLAND,
                                       WAGNER, HAGENOW, KOESTER,
                                       SCHULTE, MERTZ, DRAKE, COWNIE,
                                       and MAREK


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the composition of the environmental
  2    protection commission and providing an effective date.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2133HH 83
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455A.6, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  Three members actively engaged in livestock and grain
  1  4 farming.  The members shall be selected from a list of
  1  5 nominees submitted by the secretary of agriculture.  A new
  1  6 list shall be submitted each time a position on the commission
  1  7 under this paragraph is open.  A list must include, at a
  1  8 minimum, three more nominees than there are positions open on
  1  9 the commission under this paragraph.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 11 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill relates to the composition of the environmental
  1 14 protection commission.
  1 15    Currently, three members on the environmental protection
  1 16 commission are actively engaged in livestock and grain
  1 17 farming.  The bill requires that the three designated farming
  1 18 members must be selected by the governor from a list submitted
  1 19 by the secretary of agriculture.  A new list must be submitted
  1 20 each time one of the designated farming positions on the
  1 21 commission is open, and the list must include, at a minimum,
  1 22 three more nominees than there are open designated farming
  1 23 positions.
  1 24    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
  1 25 LSB 2133HH 83
  1 26 tm/sc/5.1