HF 103 (LSB 1595YH (2) 90)

HOUSE FILE 103

BY  WILLS

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the issuance of natural resource use permits, and making penalties applicable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  455B.103B  Natural resource use permits.
   The director may issue up to ten natural resource use permits each year that authorize economic development projects to use or encroach on property managed or owned by the department. An economic development project must promote the natural resources of the state. The extent of the economic development project’s use or encroachment shall not exceed one hundred square feet. A permit issued under this section is valid for six months and cannot be extended. The economic development project shall not damage the property managed or owned by the department and evidence of the use or encroachment shall not be visible on the property after one year from the expiration of the permit.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the issuance of a natural resource use permit (permit). The bill authorizes the director of the department of natural resources (DNR) to issue up to 10 permits each year that authorize economic development projects (project) to use or encroach on property managed or owned by DNR. A project must promote the natural resources of the state. A project’s use or encroachment shall not exceed 100 square feet of the property managed or owned by DNR. A permit is valid for six months and cannot be extended. A project shall not damage the property and evidence of the use or encroachment shall not be visible on the property after one year from the expiration of the permit.
   By operation of law, a person who violates a permit issued under the bill is subject to civil enforcement procedures, including penalties, adopted by the environmental protection commission.