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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 161A.5, subsection 2, Code 1995, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 2. The governing body of each district shall consist of 1 4 five commissioners elected on a nonpartisan basis for 1 5 staggeredsix-yearfour-year terms commencing on the first day 1 6 of January that is not a Sunday or holiday following their 1 7 election. Any eligible elector residing in the district is 1 8 eligible to the office of commissioner, except that no more 1 9 than one commissioner shall at any one time be a resident of 1 10 any one township. A vacancy is created in the office of any 1 11 commissioner who changes residence into a township where 1 12 another commissioner then resides. A vacancy in the office of 1 13 commissioner shall be filled by appointment of the state soil 1 14 conservation committee until the next succeeding general 1 15 election, at which time the balance of the unexpired term 1 16 shall be filled as provided by section 69.12. 1 17 Sec. 2. Section 161A.6, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 1995, 1 18 is amended to read as follows: 1 19 A commissioner shall not receivenocompensation for the 1 20 commissioner's servicesbut the commissioner may be paid1 21expenses, including traveling expenses, necessarily incurred1 22in the discharge of the commissioner's duties, if. However, 1 23 to the extent funds are available,for that purposea 1 24 commissioner is entitled to receive actual expenses 1 25 necessarily incurred in the discharge of the commissioner's 1 26 duties, including reimbursement for mileage at the rate 1 27 provided under section 70A.9 for state business use, and a per 1 28 diem as provided in section 7E.6. 1 29 Sec. 3. Section 161A.48, subsection 1, Code 1995, is 1 30 amended to read as follows: 1 31 1. An owner or occupant of agricultural land in this state 1 32 is not required to establish any new permanent or temporary 1 33 soil and water conservation practice unless cost-share or 1 34 other public moneys have been specifically approved for that 1 35 land and made available to the owner or occupant pursuant to 2 1 section 161A.74. 2 2 Sec. 4. Section 161A.72, subsection 2, Code 1995, is 2 3 amended to read as follows: 2 4 2. The commissioners of a district shall, to the extent 2 5 funding is available, contract withthea person who is an 2 6 owner or occupant of land within the district applying to 2 7 establish soil and water conservation practices as provided in 2 8 this chapter. Under the agreement, theowner or occupant2 9 person shall receive financial incentives to establish 2 10 permanent soil and water conservation practices and management 2 11 practices, in consideration for promising to maintain the 2 12 practices according to rules adopted by the division. If the 2 13 person violates the agreement, the commissioners may require 2 14 that the person repay an amount to the commissioners which 2 15 shall not exceed fifty percent of the amount of financial 2 16 incentives received by the person under the agreement. 2 17 Sec. 5. APPLICABILITY. Notwithstanding section 1 of this 2 18 Act, a person who has been elected or appointed to serve as a 2 19 soil and water conservation district commissioner prior to the 2 20 effective date of this Act shall continue to serve for the 2 21 member's term as provided in section 161A.5, subsection 2, 2 22 Code 1995. 2 23 EXPLANATION 2 24 This bill relates to soil and water conservation as 2 25 provided under chapter 161A, including provisions relating to 2 26 soil and water conservation district commissioners. The bill 2 27 provides that commissioners elected or appointed after the 2 28 effective date of this bill are eligible to serve for four- 2 29 year rather than six-year terms. The bill provides that a 2 30 commissioner is entitled to receive actual expenses 2 31 necessarily incurred in the discharge of the commissioner's 2 32 duties, including reimbursement for mileage, and is eligible 2 33 to receive a per diem as provided in section 7E.6, if funds 2 34 are available for the payments. 2 35 The bill provides that only agricultural land is affected 3 1 by a provision which requires the payment of financial 3 2 incentives prior to requiring the establishment of a soil 3 3 conservation practice on the land. 3 4 Finally, the bill provides that if a person violates an 3 5 agreement involving soil and water conservation district 3 6 commissioners, in which the person receives financial 3 7 incentives to establish permanent soil and water conservation 3 8 practices and management practices, the commissioners may 3 9 require the person to repay an amount not to exceed 50 percent 3 10 of the amount of financial incentives received by the person 3 11 under the agreement. 3 12 LSB 4315SC 76 3 13 da/jj/8
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