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Senate Amendment 5478

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2035, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
  1  3    1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  4 clause and inserting the following:
  1  5    "Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  456A.37  EURASIAN WATER
  1  6 MILFOIL.
  1  7    1.  DEFINITIONS.  As used in this section:
  1  8    a.  "Infestation of Eurasian water milfoil" means
  1  9 an infestation of Eurasian water milfoil that occupies
  1 10 more than twenty percent of the littoral area of a
  1 11 body of water.
  1 12    b.  "Watercraft" means any vessel which through the
  1 13 buoyance of water floats upon the water and is capable
  1 14 of carrying one or more persons.
  1 15    2.  EURASIAN WATER MILFOIL MANAGEMENT PLAN.  Before
  1 16 January 1, 1998, the commission shall prepare a long-
  1 17 term statewide Eurasian water milfoil management plan.
  1 18 The plan shall address all of the following:
  1 19    a.  The detection and prevention of accidental
  1 20 introductions into the state of Eurasian water
  1 21 milfoil.
  1 22    b.  A public awareness campaign regarding Eurasian
  1 23 water milfoil.
  1 24    c.  The control and eradication of Eurasian water
  1 25 milfoil in public waters.
  1 26    d.  The development of a plan of containment
  1 27 strategies that at a minimum shall include all of the
  1 28 following:
  1 29    (1)  The participation by lake associations, local
  1 30 citizens groups, and local units of government in the
  1 31 development and implementation of lake management
  1 32 plans where Eurasian water milfoil exists.
  1 33    (2)  Notice to travelers of the penalties for
  1 34 violation of laws relating to Eurasian water milfoil.
  1 35    3.  GRANTS.  The director of the department of
  1 36 natural resources shall accept gifts, donations, and
  1 37 grants to aid in accomplishing the control and
  1 38 eradication of Eurasian water milfoil.
  1 39    4.  RULEMAKING.  The commission shall adopt rules
  1 40 pursuant to chapter 17A.  The rules shall:
  1 41    a.  Restrict the introduction, propagation, use,
  1 42 possession, and spread of Eurasian water milfoil.
  1 43    b.  Identify bodies of water with infestation of
  1 44 Eurasian water milfoil.  The department shall require
  1 45 that bodies of water be posted as infested.  The
  1 46 department may prohibit boating, fishing, swimming,
  1 47 and trapping in infested bodies of water.
  1 48    5.  PROHIBITIONS.
  1 49    a.  A person shall not do any of the following:
  1 50    (1)  Transport Eurasian water milfoil on a public
  2  1 road.
  2  2    (2)  Place a trailer or launch a watercraft with
  2  3 Eurasian water milfoil attached in public waters.
  2  4    (3)  Operate a watercraft in a marked Eurasian
  2  5 water milfoil infestation area.
  2  6    b.  The penalty for violating this subsection is
  2  7 contained in section 805.8, subsection 5B.
  2  8    Sec. 2.  Section 805.8, Code Supplement 1995, is
  2  9 amended by adding the following new subsection:
  2 10    NEW SUBSECTION.  5B.  EURASIAN WATER MILFOIL.  For
  2 11 violations of section 456A.37, subsection 5, the
  2 12 scheduled fine is one hundred dollars."
  2 13    #2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and
  2 14 inserting the following:  "An Act relating to the
  2 15 control and eradication of Eurasian water milfoil and
  2 16 establishing a".  
  2 17 SF 2035H
  2 18 kah/pk/25
     

Text: S05477                            Text: S05479
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