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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 7D.16 MISSOURI RIVER MASTER 1 2 MANUAL MODIFICATIONS COMMENTS. 1 3 1. DECLARATION. The state of Iowa opposes any changes in 1 4 the Missouri river master manual of the United States army 1 5 corps of engineers as it exists on January 1, 2001, that will 1 6 change the navigation season from Sioux City, Iowa, to St. 1 7 Louis, Missouri, that will imperil flood control, that will 1 8 adversely affect the generation of electrical power, or that 1 9 will adversely affect the drainage of farm land. 1 10 2. PETITION CONSIDERED. Upon receipt of a petition 1 11 relating to a proposed change in the Missouri river master 1 12 manual from a citizen of this state, the executive council 1 13 shall receive and consider the petition. The executive 1 14 council, upon its own motion, shall transmit the petition, 1 15 with or without comment, to the commanding officer, 1 16 northwestern division, United States army corps of engineers, 1 17 or shall submit the petition to the state department of 1 18 agriculture and land stewardship, the state department of 1 19 transportation, the state department of natural resources, or 1 20 other state department or agency which may be interested in or 1 21 affected by the petition or proposed change. The affected 1 22 state department or agency shall consider the petition and 1 23 transmit the petition, with or without comment, to the 1 24 commanding officer, northwestern division, United States army 1 25 corps of engineers. 1 26 3. RECORD MAINTAINED. The executive council or state 1 27 department or agency, which received and considered the 1 28 petition, shall retain a copy of the petition and any comment 1 29 made concerning the proposed change to the Missouri river 1 30 master manual. The copy of the petition and any comment shall 1 31 be filed in the office of the Iowa secretary of state and 1 32 maintained as a permanent record for public review. 1 33 4. ANNUAL REPORT. The Iowa secretary of state shall 1 34 review annually the petitions and comments received relating 1 35 to proposed changes in the Missouri river master manual of the 2 1 United States army corps of engineers and prepare a summary 2 2 report for the executive council. The summary report shall be 2 3 submitted to the executive council not later than March 1 for 2 4 petitions and comments received during the preceding calendar 2 5 year. 2 6 EXPLANATION 2 7 This bill provides that the state of Iowa opposes any 2 8 changes in the Missouri river master manual of the United 2 9 States army corps of engineers as it exists on January 1, 2 10 2001, that will change the navigation season from Sioux City, 2 11 Iowa, to St. Louis, Missouri, that will imperil flood control, 2 12 that will adversely affect the generation of electrical power, 2 13 or that will adversely affect the drainage of farm land. 2 14 The bill provides that upon receipt of petition relating to 2 15 a proposed change in the Missouri river master manual from a 2 16 citizen of this state, the executive council shall receive and 2 17 consider the petition. The executive council shall transmit 2 18 the petition, with or without comment, to the commanding 2 19 officer, northwestern division, United States army corps of 2 20 engineers, or shall submit the petition to the state 2 21 department of agriculture and land stewardship, the state 2 22 department of transportation, the state department of natural 2 23 resources, or other state department or agency which may be 2 24 interested in or affected by the petition or proposed change. 2 25 The affected state department or agency shall consider the 2 26 petition and transmit the petition, with or without comment, 2 27 to the commanding officer, northwestern division, United 2 28 States army corps of engineers. 2 29 The executive council or the state department or agency, 2 30 which received and considered the petition, shall retain a 2 31 copy of the petition and any comment made concerning the 2 32 proposed change to the Missouri river master manual. The copy 2 33 of the petition and any comment shall be filed in the office 2 34 of the Iowa secretary of state and maintained as a permanent 2 35 record for public review. 3 1 Annually, the Iowa secretary of state shall review the 3 2 petitions and comments received relating to the proposed 3 3 changes in the Missouri river master manual of the United 3 4 States army corps of engineers and prepare a summary report 3 5 for the executive council. The summary report shall be 3 6 submitted not later than March 1 for the petitions and 3 7 comments received during the preceding calendar year. 3 8 LSB 5385YC 79 3 9 tj/cls/14
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