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PAG LIN 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
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