SF 245 (LSB 2232SS (3) 85)

SENATE FILE 245

BY  JOCHUM and JOHNSON

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to sponsor projects under the water resource restoration sponsor program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 455B.199, subsection 6, Code 2013, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  g.  Practices related to water quality or water quality protection that are included in a field office technical guide published by the natural resources conservation service of the United States department of agriculture or are included in the Iowa stormwater management manual published by the department of natural resources.
    Sec. 2.  Section 455B.199, subsection 7, paragraph b, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Parking lots, unless a parking lot is constructed in a manner to improve water quality and construction is consistent with a field office technical guide published by the natural resources conservation service of the United States department of agriculture or the Iowa stormwater management manual published by the department of natural resources.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to sponsor projects under the water resource restoration sponsor program.
   Under the water resource restoration sponsor program, there is a nonexclusive list of certain types of permissible projects. The bill adds as a permissible type of project a project that includes practices related to water quality or water quality protection that are included in a field office technical guide published by the natural resources conservation service of the United States department of agriculture or are included in the Iowa stormwater management manual published by the department of natural resources.
   Under the water resource restoration sponsor program, certain types of projects are prohibited including projects involving parking lots. The bill amends the parking lot prohibition to allow parking lot projects when the parking lot is constructed in a manner to improve water quality and construction is consistent with a field office technical guide published by the natural resources conservation service of the United States department of agriculture or the Iowa stormwater management manual published by the department of natural resources.