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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 746 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 16, by inserting after line 10 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. . FINDINGS. The general assembly finds 1 5 that due to an inadequate number of department of 1 6 natural resources' forestry staff, an extensive 1 7 backlog of requests for forester assistance exists; 1 8 that a substantial number of unfunded timber 1 9 management cost share project requests have been made; 1 10 that an inadequate amount of timber stand improvement 1 11 has been completed; that current and future woodland 1 12 owners exhibit a general lack of timber management 1 13 education; that turnover of woodland owners will 1 14 significantly increase in the next twenty years; that 1 15 managed timberland in Iowa could produce three times 1 16 more volume in half the time with improved information 1 17 and education; and that due to the long time frame for 1 18 timber development, many landowners are unable to 1 19 invest abundant personal finances in timber 1 20 development." 1 21 #2. Page 16, by inserting before line 26 the 1 22 following: 1 23 "Sec. . Section 456A.20, Code 1999, is amended 1 24 to read as follows: 1 25 456A.20 LIMITATION ON NURSERY STOCK EXCEPTION. 1 26 1.All fundsMoneys appropriated to the department 1 27 which are used in growing or handling nursery stock 1 28 shall be used for growing or handling of the nursery 1 29 stock for distribution only on state-owned lands. 1 30 However, the department mayproducedo any of the 1 31 following: 1 32 a. Produce and sellat private salegame cover 1 33 packets and trees for erosion control, may produceat 1 34 private sale. 1 35 b. Produce trees for a demonstration windbreak in 1 36 each township in the state, and may dispose. 1 37 c. Dispose of growing trees under a departmental 1 38 plan of distribution. 1 39 2. The department shall deposit a portion of the 1 40 moneys that it receives from selling trees and shrubs 1 41 as provided in this section to the forestry management 1 42 and enhancement fund as created in section 456A.21A. 1 43 The amount deposited in the fund shall equal five 1 44 cents for each coniferous tree and ten cents for each 1 45 hardwood tree and shrub received from the sales. 1 46 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 456A.21A FORESTRY 1 47 MANAGEMENT AND ENHANCEMENT FUND. 1 48 1. A forestry management and enhancement fund is 1 49 created in the state treasury under the control of the 1 50 department's forests and forestry division created in 2 1 section 455A.7. The fund is composed of moneys 2 2 deposited into the fund pursuant to section 456A.20, 2 3 moneys appropriated by the general assembly, and 2 4 moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the 2 5 division or the department from the United States or 2 6 private sources for placement in the fund. 2 7 2. Moneys in the fund are subject to an annual 2 8 audit by the auditor of state. The fund is subject to 2 9 warrants written by the director of revenue and 2 10 finance, drawn upon the written requisition of the 2 11 division. 2 12 3. The fund shall be used exclusively to support 2 13 the management and enhancement of forests, including 2 14 woodlands or timber stands in this state, on private 2 15 lands in cooperation with the owners of those lands. 2 16 The department shall use moneys in the fund to support 2 17 the following full-time equivalent positions in 2 18 addition to those supported from the general fund of 2 19 the state: 2 20 a. Four forestry technicians who shall serve 2 21 regions of the state as designated by the division. 2 22 b. One professional forester who shall serve the 2 23 southwest region of the state. 2 24 4. The commission may adopt rules pursuant to 2 25 chapter 17A to administer this section. 2 26 5. Section 8.33 shall not apply to moneys in the 2 27 fund. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, moneys earned as 2 28 income, including as interest, from the fund shall 2 29 remain in the fund until expended as provided in this 2 30 section." 2 31 #3. By renumbering as necessary. 2 32 2 33 2 34 2 35 THOMAS of Clayton 2 36 HF 746.502 78 2 37 da/jw
Text: H01320 Text: H01322 Text: H01300 - H01399 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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