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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 161A.47, subsection 1, Code 1995, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. In the case of erosion occurring on the site of any
1 4 construction project or similar undertaking involving the
1 5 removal of all or a major portion of the vegetation or other
1 6 cover, exposing bare soil directly to water or wind, state a
1 7 time not more than five days after service or mailing of the
1 8 notice of the order when work necessary to establish or
1 9 maintain erosion control practices must be commenced, and a
1 10 time not more than thirty days after service or mailing of the
1 11 notice of the order when the work is to be satisfactorily
1 12 completed.
1 13 A person who violates an administrative order issued
1 14 pursuant to this subsection which does not involve a farm
1 15 operation as defined in section 352.2 shall be subject to a
1 16 civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each day
1 17 of the violation. The commissioners may bring an action to
1 18 assess and collect the civil penalty in district court, which
1 19 may be brought as part of any petition to district court for
1 20 an order compelling compliance with the order. A civil
1 21 penalty shall not be assessed under this paragraph if a person
1 22 is required to obtain a permit under chapter 455B for
1 23 stormwater discharge. The moneys collected in civil penalties
1 24 assessed by the district court as part of an action brought by
1 25 the commissioners shall be deposited in the general fund of
1 26 the state.
1 27 SF 447
1 28 da/cc/26
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