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House Journal: Page 1106: Thursday, March 28, 1996

H-5634

 1     Amend the amendment, H-5482, to Senate File 2446,
 2   as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as
 3   follows:
 4     1.  Page 14, by inserting after line 41 the
 5   following:
 6     "Sec. ___.  LAND ACQUISITION _ NATURAL RESOURCE
 7   COMMISSION.  The natural resource commission, upon
 8   consultation with department of natural resources
 9   staff, shall develop and implement a land acquisition
10   policy which shall be embodied in a strategic land
11   acquisition plan administered by the department.  The
12   land acquisition policy and the land acquisition
13   strategic plan shall provide for the acquisition of
14   land in order to enhance the quality of existing state
15   parks, state preserves, and state recreation areas.
16   The commission shall consider all of the following
17   factors and may consider additional factors:
18     1.  The enhancement of the goals of an ecosystem or
19   biodiversity management plan for a state park, state
20   preserve, or state recreation area.
21     2.  The proximity or contiguity of the land to a
22   state park, state preserve, or state recreation area.
23     3.  The quality of existing natural communities
24   existing on the land.
25     4.  The presence on the land of threatened or
26   endangered species.
27     5.  The potential for enhancing the natural quality
28   or recreational potential of land owned or managed for
29   conservation purposes by other public or nonprofit
30   entities.
31     6.  The risk of losing natural assets through the
32   sale of the land to a competing interest.
33     7.  The preservation or enhancement of unique
34   irreplaceable archaeological, historical, or cultural
35   features existing on land owned or managed for such
36   purposes by other public or nonprofit entities."
37     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H-5634 was adopted.
Hahn of Muscatine asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-5648, to the committee amendment H-5482,
filed by him on March 26, 1996.
Brand of Benton offered the following amendment H-5661, to the
committee amendment H-5482, filed by him and moved its adoption:

H-5661

 1     Amend the amendment, H-5482, to Senate File 2446,
 2   as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as

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