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