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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 March 1, 1998. The report shall
1 18 provide recommendations regarding methods to provide for the
1 19 continued viability of agricultural land, and methods to
1 20 minimize the impact of development activities.
1 21 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the
1 22 general fund of the state to the treasurer of state for the
1 23 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 1998,
1 24 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
1 25 be used for the purpose designated:
1 26 For allocating an equal dollar amount to each county in
1 27 order to support the efforts of each county's land
1 28 preservation and use commission in conducting a study
1 29 regarding the conversion of agricultural land to nonfarm uses,
1 30 and in updating its county use inventories, as provided in
1 31 this Act:
1 32 .................................................. $ 50,000
1 33 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
1 34 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
1 35 EXPLANATION
2 1 The bill provides that each county land preservation and use
2 2 commission shall conduct a study regarding the conversion of
2 3 agricultural land to nonfarm uses, including but not limited
2 4 to urban development. The bill provides that the commission
2 5 may update its county use inventories as provided in section
2 6 352.4 and its county land preservation and use plan as
2 7 provided in section 352.5. The bill requires the department
2 8 of agriculture and land stewardship, department of management,
2 9 department of natural resources, Iowa state university
2 10 agricultural extension service, and the department of economic
2 11 development to provide requesting commissions with available
2 12 land use information. A commission may request relevant
2 13 information from the United States geological survey. A
2 14 commission must submit a report to its county board of
2 15 supervisors not later than March 1, 1998. The bill provides
2 16 that the report must provide recommendations regarding methods
2 17 to provide for the continued viability of agricultural land,
2 18 and methods to minimize the impact of development activities.
2 19 The bill appropriates $50,000 to the treasurer of state for
2 20 purposes of allocating the moneys equally among the counties
2 21 to support efforts to conduct the study and update the
2 22 inventories.
2 23 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
2 24 LSB 2075SV 77
2 25 da/jj/8
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