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1 1 Section 1. FINDINGS. The general assembly finds that due
1 2 to an inadequate number of department of natural resources'
1 3 forestry staff, an extensive backlog of requests for forester
1 4 assistance exists; that a substantial number of unfunded
1 5 timber management cost share project requests have been made;
1 6 that an inadequate amount of timber stand improvement has been
1 7 completed; that current and future woodland owners exhibit a
1 8 general lack of timber management education; that turnover of
1 9 woodland owners will significantly increase in the next twenty
1 10 years; that managed timberland in Iowa could produce three
1 11 times more volume in half the time with improved information
1 12 and education; and that due to the long time frame for timber
1 13 development, many landowners are unable to invest abundant
1 14 personal finances in timber development.
1 15 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 456A.38 FORESTRY APPROPRIATIONS.
1 16 1. One million dollars is appropriated from the general
1 17 fund of the state to the department of natural resources for
1 18 each fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning July 1, 1999,
1 19 and ending June 30, 2020, for a cost-share program to provide
1 20 private landowners with incentives to implement practices with
1 21 long-term woodland enhancement potential, including
1 22 reforestation, tree planting, timber stand improvement, and
1 23 fencing to protect woodlands from grazing.
1 24 2. Four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars is
1 25 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
1 26 department of natural resources for each fiscal year of the
1 27 fiscal period beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30,
1 28 2020, for the salaries and support of one media professional
1 29 to promote, educate, and improve communication relating to
1 30 forestry, two foresters, and five forestry technicians within
1 31 the forests and forestry division of the department of natural
1 32 resources.
1 33 3. Twenty-five thousand dollars is appropriated from the
1 34 general fund of the state to the department of natural
1 35 resources for each fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning
2 1 July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2020, for the development
2 2 and distribution of educational materials designed to promote
2 3 and improve education regarding proper timber conservation and
2 4 timber management practices.
2 5 4. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
2 6 this section which remain unexpended or unobligated at the end
2 7 of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of
2 8 the state but shall remain available for expenditure for the
2 9 same purposes in the succeeding fiscal year.
2 10 EXPLANATION
2 11 This bill relates to forestry resource support. The bill
2 12 makes a number of findings relating to the current status of
2 13 forestry and forestry services and resource support in the
2 14 state. The bill annually appropriates $1,500,000 in total
2 15 from the general fund of the state to the department of
2 16 natural resources for each fiscal year of the fiscal period
2 17 beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2020. For a cost-
2 18 share program aimed at providing private landowners with
2 19 incentives to implement practices which have long-term
2 20 enhancement potential, $1,000,000 is appropriated annually.
2 21 For a media professional, two foresters, and five forestry
2 22 technicians, $475,000 is appropriated annually. For the
2 23 development and distribution of educational materials designed
2 24 to promote and improve education regarding proper timber
2 25 conservation and timber management practices, $25,000 is
2 26 appropriated annually. Moneys which remain unexpended or
2 27 unobligated on June 30 of each fiscal year shall not revert
2 28 and shall remain available for expenditure for the same
2 29 purposes in the succeeding fiscal year.
2 30 LSB 1040XS 78
2 31 tm/cf/24.1
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