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1 1 Section 1. Section 161A.7, Code 1997, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 15. To provide for the restoration of
1 4 permanent soil and water conservation practices which are
1 5 damaged or destroyed because of a disaster emergency as
1 6 provided in section 161A.75.
1 7 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 161A.75 USE OF MONEYS FOR EMERGENCY
1 8 REPAIRS.
1 9 1. The commissioners of a district may allocate moneys
1 10 otherwise available for voluntary financial incentive programs
1 11 as provided in section 161A.73 to provide for the restoration
1 12 of permanent soil and water conservation practices which are
1 13 damaged or destroyed because of a disaster emergency. In
1 14 providing for the restoration, the commissioners may allocate
1 15 moneys under this section for construction, reconstruction,
1 16 installation, or repair projects. For each project the
1 17 commissioners must determine that the allocation is necessary
1 18 in order to restore permanent soil and water conservation
1 19 practices in order to prevent erosion in excess of the
1 20 applicable soil loss limits caused by the disaster emergency.
1 21 2. In order to allocate moneys under this section, the
1 22 disaster emergency must have occurred in an area subject to a
1 23 state of disaster emergency pursuant to a proclamation made by
1 24 the governor as provided in section 29C.6. The commissioners
1 25 shall use the moneys only to the extent that moneys from other
1 26 sources, including any moneys provided by the state or federal
1 27 government in response to the disaster emergency, are not
1 28 adequate. The commissioners are not required to allocate the
1 29 moneys on a cost-share basis.
1 30 3. Following the disaster emergency, the commissioners
1 31 shall submit a report to the committee providing information
1 32 regarding restoration projects and moneys allocated under this
1 33 section for the projects.
1 34 EXPLANATION
1 35 This bill provides that the commissioners of a soil and
2 1 water conservation district may allocate moneys otherwise
2 2 available for voluntary cost-share projects establishing soil
2 3 and water conservation practices to provide for the
2 4 restoration of permanent soil and water conservation practices
2 5 which are damaged or destroyed because of a disaster
2 6 emergency. The bill requires that for each project the
2 7 commissioners must determine that allocation is necessary to
2 8 save a soil and water conservation practice in order to
2 9 prevent soil erosion in excess of soil loss limits. In order
2 10 to allocate the moneys, the restoration must be made after the
2 11 governor declares a disaster emergency affecting the
2 12 practices. The bill allows the commissioners to use the
2 13 moneys only to the extent that moneys from other sources are
2 14 not adequate to provide for the restoration. The
2 15 commissioners are required to submit a report to the state
2 16 soil conservation committee providing information regarding
2 17 restoration projects and moneys allocated for the projects.
2 18 LSB 2173SC 77
2 19 da/sc/14
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