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House Study Bill 668

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 161A.5, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  The governing body of each district shall consist of
  1  4 five commissioners elected on a nonpartisan basis for
  1  5 staggered six-year four-year terms commencing on the first day
  1  6 of January that is not a Sunday or holiday following their
  1  7 election.  Any eligible elector residing in the district is
  1  8 eligible to the office of commissioner, except that no more
  1  9 than one commissioner shall at any one time be a resident of
  1 10 any one township.  A vacancy is created in the office of any
  1 11 commissioner who changes residence into a township where
  1 12 another commissioner then resides.  A vacancy in the office of
  1 13 commissioner shall be filled by appointment of the state soil
  1 14 conservation committee until the next succeeding general
  1 15 election, at which time the balance of the unexpired term
  1 16 shall be filled as provided by section 69.12.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  Section 161A.6, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 1995,
  1 18 is amended to read as follows:
  1 19    A commissioner shall not receive no compensation for the
  1 20 commissioner's services but the commissioner may be paid
  1 21 expenses, including traveling expenses, necessarily incurred
  1 22 in the discharge of the commissioner's duties, if.  However,
  1 23 to the extent funds are available, for that purpose a
  1 24 commissioner is entitled to receive actual expenses
  1 25 necessarily incurred in the discharge of the commissioner's
  1 26 duties, including reimbursement for mileage at the rate
  1 27 provided under section 70A.9 for state business use, and a per
  1 28 diem as provided in section 7E.6.
  1 29    Sec. 3.  Section 161A.48, subsection 1, Code 1995, is
  1 30 amended to read as follows:
  1 31    1.  An owner or occupant of agricultural land in this state
  1 32 is not required to establish any new permanent or temporary
  1 33 soil and water conservation practice unless cost-share or
  1 34 other public moneys have been specifically approved for that
  1 35 land and made available to the owner or occupant pursuant to
  2  1 section 161A.74.
  2  2    Sec. 4.  Section 161A.72, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
  2  3 amended to read as follows:
  2  4    2.  The commissioners of a district shall, to the extent
  2  5 funding is available, contract with the a person who is an
  2  6 owner or occupant of land within the district applying to
  2  7 establish soil and water conservation practices as provided in
  2  8 this chapter.  Under the agreement, the owner or occupant
  2  9 person shall receive financial incentives to establish
  2 10 permanent soil and water conservation practices and management
  2 11 practices, in consideration for promising to maintain the
  2 12 practices according to rules adopted by the division.  If the
  2 13 person violates the agreement, the commissioners may require
  2 14 that the person repay an amount to the commissioners which
  2 15 shall not exceed fifty percent of the amount of financial
  2 16 incentives received by the person under the agreement.
  2 17    Sec. 5.  APPLICABILITY.  Notwithstanding section 1 of this
  2 18 Act, a person who has been elected or appointed to serve as a
  2 19 soil and water conservation district commissioner prior to the
  2 20 effective date of this Act shall continue to serve for the
  2 21 member's term as provided in section 161A.5, subsection 2,
  2 22 Code 1995.  
  2 23                           EXPLANATION
  2 24    This bill relates to soil and water conservation as
  2 25 provided under chapter 161A, including provisions relating to
  2 26 soil and water conservation district commissioners.  The bill
  2 27 provides that commissioners elected or appointed after the
  2 28 effective date of this bill are eligible to serve for four-
  2 29 year rather than six-year terms.  The bill provides that a
  2 30 commissioner is entitled to receive actual expenses
  2 31 necessarily incurred in the discharge of the commissioner's
  2 32 duties, including reimbursement for mileage, and is eligible
  2 33 to receive a per diem as provided in section 7E.6, if funds
  2 34 are available for the payments.
  2 35    The bill provides that only agricultural land is affected
  3  1 by a provision which requires the payment of financial
  3  2 incentives prior to requiring the establishment of a soil
  3  3 conservation practice on the land.
  3  4    Finally, the bill provides that if a person violates an
  3  5 agreement involving soil and water conservation district
  3  6 commissioners, in which the person receives financial
  3  7 incentives to establish permanent soil and water conservation
  3  8 practices and management practices, the commissioners may
  3  9 require the person to repay an amount not to exceed 50 percent
  3 10 of the amount of financial incentives received by the person
  3 11 under the agreement.  
  3 12 LSB 4315HC 76
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