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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. Section 456A.20, Code 1999, is amended to read as
1 16 follows:
1 17 456A.20 LIMITATION ON NURSERY STOCK – EXCEPTION.
1 18 1. All funds appropriated to the department which are used
1 19 in growing or handling nursery stock shall be used for growing
1 20 or handling of the stock for distribution only on state-owned
1 21 lands. However, the department may produce and sell at
1 22 private sale game cover packets and trees for erosion control,
1 23 may produce trees for a demonstration windbreak in each
1 24 township in the state, and may dispose of growing trees under
1 25 a departmental plan of distribution.
1 26 2. For trees or shrubs sold pursuant to this section, the
1 27 department shall use five cents for every coniferous tree sold
1 28 and ten cents for every hardwood tree and shrub sold for the
1 29 purpose described in section 456A.38, subsection 1.
1 30 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 456A.38 FORESTRY.
1 31 1. Moneys collected pursuant to section 456A.20,
1 32 subsection 2, are appropriated to the department to provide
1 33 for the salaries and support of five forestry technicians
1 34 within the forests and forestry division of the department of
1 35 natural resources.
2 1 2. Twenty-five thousand dollars is appropriated from the
2 2 general fund of the state to the department of natural
2 3 resources for each fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning
2 4 July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2020, for the development
2 5 and distribution of educational materials designed to promote
2 6 and improve education regarding proper timber conservation and
2 7 timber management practices.
2 8 3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
2 9 this section which remain unexpended or unobligated at the end
2 10 of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of
2 11 the state but shall remain available for expenditure for the
2 12 same purposes in the succeeding fiscal year.
2 13 EXPLANATION
2 14 This bill relates to forestry resource support. The bill
2 15 makes a number of findings relating to the current status of
2 16 forestry and forestry services and resource support in the
2 17 state. The bill requires that a portion of the sale price of
2 18 trees and shrubs in the state nursery stock be appropriated to
2 19 the department for the support of five forestry technicians.
2 20 The bill provides that for the development and distribution of
2 21 educational materials designed to promote and improve
2 22 education regarding proper timber conservation and timber
2 23 management practices, $25,000 is appropriated annually during
2 24 the fiscal period beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30,
2 25 2020. Moneys which remain unexpended or unobligated on June
2 26 30 of each fiscal year shall not revert and shall remain
2 27 available for expenditure for the same purposes in the
2 28 succeeding fiscal year.
2 29 LSB 2174SC 78
2 30 tm/cf/24
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