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House Study Bill 556

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 465C.1, Code 1999, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  "Wild place" means a natural area
  1  4 including, but not limited to, a prairie, forest, wetland, or
  1  5 natural open space.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 465C.8, subsections 5, 8, and 12, Code
  1  7 1999, are amended to read as follows:
  1  8    5.  To recommend dedication as preserves, areas owned by
  1  9 other public agencies, private groups, and individuals, and to
  1 10 approve designation of private lands as registered or
  1 11 protected wild places.
  1 12    8.  To promote the establishment and protection of, and
  1 13 advise in the management of, wild parks, private wild places,
  1 14 and other areas of educational or scientific value and
  1 15 otherwise foster and aid in the preservation of natural
  1 16 conditions elsewhere than in preserves.
  1 17    12.  To prepare and recommend a budget, for inclusion as a
  1 18 line item money request in the departmental budget, for
  1 19 appropriation from the state general fund of the state or
  1 20 other special funds to carry out the programs and activities
  1 21 of the board.
  1 22    Sec. 3.  Section 465C.8, Code 1999, is amended by adding
  1 23 the following new subsection:
  1 24    NEW SUBSECTION.  13.  To establish and administer, in
  1 25 cooperation with the department, a program of financial
  1 26 incentives, including the purchase of conservation easements
  1 27 or reimbursement for property taxes, and other benefits for
  1 28 private landowners participating in the wild places program
  1 29 and the preserves program.  
  1 30                           EXPLANATION
  1 31    This bill authorizes the state advisory board for
  1 32 preserves, in cooperation with the department of natural
  1 33 resources, to establish a wild places program.  Under the
  1 34 program, private owners of prairies, forests, wetlands, or
  1 35 other natural open spaces may have their land designated as a
  2  1 registered wild place or a protected wild place, subject to
  2  2 approval of the advisory board and the department.  If the
  2  3 wild place receives a protected status, the owner may be
  2  4 eligible for a property tax reimbursement, payment for a
  2  5 conservation easement, or other benefits offered by the state
  2  6 advisory board.  
  2  7 LSB 5291DP 78
  2  8 tj/cls/14
     

Text: HSB00555                          Text: HSB00557
Text: HSB00500 - HSB00599               Text: HSB Index
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