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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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