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  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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