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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 314.12A PRESERVATION OF TOPSOIL
1 2 IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION.
1 3 In the award of contracts for the construction,
1 4 reconstruction, improvement, repair, or maintenance of a
1 5 highway, the agency having charge of awarding such contracts
1 6 shall require that when fill dirt, soil, or other materials
1 7 are to be removed from an area acquired by title or easement,
1 8 whether by agreement or condemnation, for use in the project,
1 9 adequate provision shall be made for the restoration of the
1 10 area by removal and replacement of six inches of topsoil, by
1 11 fertilizing and mulching if necessary, and by other
1 12 appropriate measures to provide vegetative cover to prevent
1 13 erosion, except where a lake or subwater table conditions are
1 14 designed, or where the area is zoned, or where the area is in
1 15 locations of white oak, sand, loess, or undrainable clays.
1 16 EXPLANATION
1 17 This bill creates new Code section 314.12A, directing the
1 18 agency in charge of awarding a contract for the construction,
1 19 reconstruction, improvement, repair, or maintenance of a
1 20 highway to require that, when fill dirt or other materials are
1 21 to be removed from an area acquired for use in the project,
1 22 the area be restored by certain methods of repair. The
1 23 requirement does not apply in situations where a lake or
1 24 subwater table conditions are designed; where the area is
1 25 zoned for commercial, industrial, or residential use; or where
1 26 the area is in locations of white oaks, sand, loess, or
1 27 undrainable clays. Currently, in Code section 314.12, the
1 28 agency is directed to require restoration only when fill dirt,
1 29 soil, or other materials are to be removed from borrow pits.
1 30 LSB 1411XS 79
1 31 nh/cf/24
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