House
File
2038
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2038
BY
WILLS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
Iowa
state
university
to
develop
a
database
of
1
water
quality
measurements
within
watersheds.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
2015
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
132,
section
18,
1
subsection
2,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
Develop
and
maintain
a
database
of
water
3
quality
measurements
within
the
state’s
watersheds
based
on
4
water
samples
collected
by
government
entities
and
private
5
persons.
The
database
shall
be
developed
to
allow
persons,
6
including
the
general
assembly
and
administrative
agencies,
to
7
determine
which
watersheds
have
the
greatest
and
most
immediate
8
need
for
action
necessary
to
reduce
the
transport
of
nutrients
9
to
water
from
nonpoint
sources
in
accordance
with
the
Iowa
10
nutrient
reduction
strategy
described
in
paragraph
“a”.
Any
11
information
identifying
a
person
holding
a
legal
interest
12
in
agricultural
land
or
identifying
specific
agricultural
13
land
shall
be
a
confidential
record
under
section
22.7.
The
14
college
may
cooperate
with
the
Iowa
nutrient
research
center
15
established
in
section
466B.47
in
developing
and
maintaining
16
the
database.
The
college
shall
transfer
the
database
to
the
17
center
on
March
1,
2018.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
requires
Iowa
state
university’s
college
of
22
agriculture
and
life
sciences
to
develop
and
maintain
a
23
database
of
water
quality
measurements
within
the
state’s
24
watersheds
based
on
water
samples
collected
by
public
and
25
private
entities.
The
purpose
of
this
database
is
to
determine
26
which
watersheds
require
the
most
immediate
and
greatest
27
efforts
necessary
to
reduce
the
transport
of
nutrients
to
water
28
from
nonpoint
sources.
The
development
and
maintenance
of
the
29
database
would
be
part
of
a
three-year
project
established
30
in
SF
494
(2015
Iowa
Acts,
ch.
132)
which
appropriated
$1.23
31
million
to
the
college
for
purposes
of
developing
a
database
32
to
measure
the
impact
of
existing
agricultural
practices
and
33
nutrient
management
decisions
on
the
transport
of
nutrients
34
from
nonpoint
sources
within
watersheds.
SF
494
provides
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that
the
college
is
authorized
to
enter
into
a
private-public
1
partnership
with
one
or
more
persons
responsible
for
receiving,
2
collecting,
or
holding
the
data.
Information
identifying
a
3
person
holding
agricultural
land
or
specific
agricultural
land
4
is
a
confidential
record.
The
college
must
submit
a
final
5
report
to
the
general
assembly
by
March
1,
2018.
On
that
date,
6
the
college
must
transfer
the
database
to
the
Iowa
nutrient
7
research
center.
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