House Journal: Page 1079: Tuesday, April 6, 1999

32     a.  Produce and sell at private sale game cover

33   packets and trees for erosion control, may produce at
34   private sale.
35     b.  Produce trees for a demonstration windbreak in
36   each township in the state, and may dispose.
37     c.  Dispose of growing trees under a departmental
38   plan of distribution.
39     2.  The department shall deposit a portion of the
40   moneys that it receives from selling trees and shrubs
41   as provided in this section to the forestry management
42   and enhancement fund as created in section 456A.21A.
43   The amount deposited in the fund shall equal five
44   cents for each coniferous tree and ten cents for each
45   hardwood tree and shrub received from the sales.
46     Sec. ___. NEW SECTION.  456A.21A  FORESTRY
47   MANAGEMENT AND ENHANCEMENT FUND.
48     1.  A forestry management and enhancement fund is
49   created in the state treasury under the control of the
50   department's forests and forestry division created in
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 1   section 455A.7.  The fund is composed of moneys
 2   deposited into the fund pursuant to section 456A.20,
 3   moneys appropriated by the general assembly, and
 4   moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the
 5   division or the department from the United States or
 6   private sources for placement in the fund.
 7     2.  Moneys in the fund are subject to an annual
 8   audit by the auditor of state.  The fund is subject to
 9   warrants written by the director of revenue and
10   finance, drawn upon the written requisition of the
11   division.
12     3.  The fund shall be used exclusively to support
13   the management and enhancement of forests, including
14   woodlands or timber stands in this state, on private
15   lands in cooperation with the owners of those lands.
16   The department shall use moneys in the fund to support
17   the following full-time equivalent positions in
18   addition to those supported from the general fund of
19   the state:
20     a.  Four forestry technicians who shall serve
21   regions of the state as designated by the division.
22     b.  One professional forester who shall serve the
23   southwest region of the state.
24     4.  The commission may adopt rules pursuant to
25   chapter 17A to administer this section.
26     5.  Section 8.33 shall not apply to moneys in the
27   fund.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, moneys earned as
28   income, including as interest, from the fund shall
29   remain in the fund until expended as provided in this

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