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1 1 Section 1. COUNTY LAND PRESERVATION AND USE COMMISSION –
1 2 STUDY, UPDATE, AND REPORT. Each county land preservation and
1 3 use commission established pursuant to section 352.3 shall
1 4 conduct a study regarding the conversion of agricultural land
1 5 to nonfarm uses, including but not limited to urban
1 6 development. The commission may update its county use
1 7 inventories as provided in section 352.4 and its county land
1 8 preservation and use plan as provided in section 352.5. The
1 9 department of agriculture and land stewardship, department of
1 10 management, department of natural resources, Iowa state
1 11 university agricultural extension service, and the department
1 12 of economic development shall, upon request, provide to each
1 13 county commission any pertinent land use information required
1 14 to carry out this section. A commission may request relevant
1 15 information from the United States geological survey. Each
1 16 commission shall submit a report to its county board of
1 17 supervisors not later than September 1, 1997. The report
1 18 shall provide recommendations regarding methods to provide for
1 19 the continued viability of agricultural land, and methods to
1 20 minimize the impact of development activities.
1 21 Sec. 2. CONDITIONAL EFFECTIVENESS. This Act shall not
1 22 take effect unless an appropriation under section 25B.2,
1 23 subsection 3, is made.
1 24 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
1 25 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
1 26 EXPLANATION
1 27 The bill provides that each county land preservation and use
1 28 commission shall conduct a study regarding the conversion of
1 29 agricultural land to nonfarm uses, including but not limited
1 30 to urban development. The bill provides that the commission
1 31 may update its county use inventories as provided in section
1 32 352.4 and its county land preservation and use plan as
1 33 provided in section 352.5. The bill requires the department
1 34 of agriculture and land stewardship, department of management,
1 35 department of natural resources, Iowa state university
2 1 agricultural extension service, and the department of economic
2 2 development to provide requesting commissions with available
2 3 land use information. A commission may request relevant
2 4 information from the United States geological survey. A
2 5 commission must submit a report to its county board of
2 6 supervisors not later than September 1, 1997. The bill
2 7 provides that the report must provide recommendations
2 8 regarding methods to provide for the continued viability of
2 9 agricultural land, and methods to minimize the impact of
2 10 development activities.
2 11 This bill may create a state mandate as provided in section
2 12 25B.5. The bill becomes effective when an appropriation
2 13 required under section 25B.2, subsection 3, is made. The bill
2 14 takes effect upon enactment.
2 15 LSB 2075SS 77
2 16 da/jj/8
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