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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 208 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 ESTABLISHING A SOUTHERN IOWA DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION 1 5 AUTHORITY, SPECIFYING MEMBERSHIP, POWERS, AND DUTIES, 1 6 CREATING A SOUTHERN IOWA DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION FUND, 1 7 AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER PROPERLY RELATED MATTERS. 1 8 1 9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 10 1 11 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 161D.11 SOUTHERN IOWA 1 12 DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION AUTHORITY CREATED MEMBERSHIP 1 13 AND DUTIES. 1 14 1. A southern Iowa development and conservation authority 1 15 is created. The counties of Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, 1 16 Decatur, Jefferson, Lucas, Monroe, Van Buren, Wapello, and 1 17 Wayne are entitled to one voting member each on the authority, 1 18 but membership or participation in projects of the authority 1 19 is not required. Each member of the authority shall be 1 20 appointed by the respective board of supervisors for a term to 1 21 be determined by each board of supervisors, but the term shall 1 22 not be for less than one year. An appointee shall serve 1 23 without compensation, but an appointee may be reimbursed for 1 24 actual expenses incurred while performing the duties of the 1 25 authority as determined by each board of supervisors. The 1 26 authority shall meet, organize, and adopt rules of procedures 1 27 as deemed necessary to carry out its duties. The authority 1 28 may appoint working committees that include other individuals 1 29 in addition to voting members. 1 30 2. The mission of the authority is to develop and 1 31 coordinate plans for projects related to the unique natural 1 32 resources, rural development, and infrastructure problems of 1 33 counties in the most fragile areas of the southern Iowa drift 1 34 plain. The authority's mission is established in part as a 1 35 response to the erosion of soils, degradation of water 2 1 resources, and the destabilization of stream channels in the 2 2 fragile glacial till soils of southern Iowa that have occurred 2 3 in a large part due to unchecked conversion of grassland to 2 4 cropland. This land use conversion was brought about by the 2 5 economic pressures of past federal agricultural policies that 2 6 disregarded the fragile nature of the southern Iowa soil 2 7 resource and the incompatibility of these soils with the 2 8 subsidized commodities. The resulting erosion of the land has 2 9 damaged the rural infrastructure of this area, destroyed 2 10 public roads and bridges, adversely impacted stream water 2 11 quality and riparian habitat, affected other public and 2 12 private improvements, and severely threatens the potable water 2 13 supply of the region. Reducing soil erosion, preventing 2 14 sedimentation, and stopping nutrients and pesticides from 2 15 entering water resources are all necessary to protect the 2 16 rural infrastructure in the southern area of the state. 2 17 Important protection measures include structural improvements 2 18 and the reestablishment of grasslands for sustainable economic 2 19 uses. 2 20 3. The authority shall cooperate with the division of soil 2 21 conservation of the department of agriculture and land 2 22 stewardship, the affected soil and water conservation 2 23 districts, the department of natural resources, and the state 2 24 department of transportation in carrying out its mission and 2 25 duties. The authority shall also cooperate with appropriate 2 26 federal agencies, including the United States environmental 2 27 protection agency, the United States department of interior, 2 28 and the United States department of agriculture natural 2 29 resources conservation service. The authority shall make use 2 30 of technical resources available through member counties and 2 31 cooperating agencies. 2 32 4. The authority shall administer the southern Iowa 2 33 development and conservation fund created under section 2 34 161D.12 and shall deposit and expend moneys in the fund for 2 35 the planning, development, and implementation of development 3 1 and conservation activities or measures in the member 3 2 counties. 3 3 5. This section is not intended to affect the authority of 3 4 the department of natural resources in its acquisition, 3 5 development, and management of public lands within the 3 6 counties represented by the authority. 3 7 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 161D.12 SOUTHERN IOWA DEVELOPMENT 3 8 AND CONSERVATION FUND. 3 9 A southern Iowa development and conservation fund is 3 10 created in the state treasury, to be administered by the 3 11 southern Iowa development and conservation authority. The 3 12 proceeds of the fund shall be used for the purposes specified 3 13 in section 161D.11. The southern Iowa development and 3 14 conservation authority may accept gifts, bequests, other 3 15 moneys including, but not limited to, state or federal moneys, 3 16 and in-kind contributions for deposit in the fund. The gifts, 3 17 grants, bequests from public and private sources, state and 3 18 federal moneys, and other moneys received by the authority 3 19 shall be deposited in the fund and any interest earned on 3 20 moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund to be used 3 21 for the purposes specified in section 161D.11. 3 22 Notwithstanding section 8.33, any unexpended or unencumbered 3 23 moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year 3 24 shall not revert to the general fund of the state, but the 3 25 moneys shall remain available for expenditure by the authority 3 26 in succeeding fiscal years. 3 27 3 28 3 29 3 30 RON J. CORBETT 3 31 Speaker of the House 3 32 3 33 3 34 3 35 MARY E. KRAMER 4 1 President of the Senate 4 2 4 3 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 4 4 is known as House File 208, Seventy-eighth General Assembly. 4 5 4 6 4 7 4 8 ELIZABETH ISAACSON 4 9 Chief Clerk of the House 4 10 Approved , 1999 4 11 4 12 4 13 4 14 THOMAS J. VILSACK 4 15 Governor
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