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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 772, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 24, by inserting after line 13 the 1 4 following: 1 5 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 161C.7 WATERSHED 1 6 PROTECTION. 1 7 1. The department of agriculture and land 1 8 stewardship shall initiate and coordinate the 1 9 establishment of a watershed protection task force and 1 10 provide staffing assistance to the task force. It is 1 11 the intent of the general assembly that the task force 1 12 include representatives of the department of 1 13 agriculture and land stewardship, the department of 1 14 natural resources, the emergency management division 1 15 of the department of public defense, county 1 16 conservation boards, soil and water conservation 1 17 districts, and any other appropriate stakeholders. 1 18 The task force shall study the condition of watershed 1 19 protection in the state and provide recommendations to 1 20 the department of agriculture and land stewardship 1 21 regarding soil conservation, water quality protection, 1 22 flood control, and other natural resource conservation 1 23 issues. The task force shall submit recommendations 1 24 to the department by January 1 of each year through 1 25 January 1, 2001. 1 26 2. The department of agriculture and land 1 27 stewardship shall implement and administer a watershed 1 28 protection program. A soil and water conservation 1 29 district, in cooperation with state agencies, local 1 30 units of government, and private organizations, may 1 31 submit an application for assistance to the department 1 32 which provides a strategy for protecting soil, water 1 33 quality, and other natural resources, and improving 1 34 flood control in the watershed. Upon approval of an 1 35 application, the department may provide a grant to the 1 36 soil and water conservation district for purposes of 1 37 carrying out the strategy provided in the application. 1 38 3. A watershed protection account is created 1 39 within the water protection fund created in section 1 40 161C.4. Moneys credited to the account shall be 1 41 distributed under the watershed protection program. 1 42 4. Administrative rules used for water quality 1 43 protection projects under the water protection fund 1 44 shall be used to administer the watershed protection 1 45 program." 1 46 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 1 47 1 48 1 49 1 50 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 2 1 DERRYL McLAREN, Chairperson 2 2 HF 772.312 78 2 3 nh/cf
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