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1 1 SENATE FILE 2051
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO THE CREATION OF A STATE INTERAGENCY MISSOURI
1 5 RIVER AUTHORITY AND SPECIFYING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.
1 6
1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 8
1 9 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 28L.1 STATE INTERAGENCY MISSOURI
1 10 RIVER AUTHORITY CREATED – DUTIES.
1 11 1. A state interagency Missouri river authority is
1 12 created. The members of the authority shall include the
1 13 governor or the governor's designee, the secretary of
1 14 agriculture or the secretary's designee, the chairperson of
1 15 the utilities board or the chairperson's designee, and the
1 16 directors of the department of natural resources, the state
1 17 department of transportation, and the department of economic
1 18 development or the directors' designees. The governor shall
1 19 serve as chairperson. The director of the department of
1 20 natural resources shall serve as the coordinator of the
1 21 authority's activities and shall serve as chairperson in the
1 22 absence of the governor.
1 23 2. The authority shall be responsible for representing the
1 24 interests of this state with regard to its membership in the
1 25 Missouri river basin association and to promote the management
1 26 of the Missouri river in a manner that does not negatively
1 27 impact landowners along the river or negatively impact the
1 28 state's economy. The Missouri river basin association is an
1 29 interstate association of government representatives formed to
1 30 seek consensus solutions to issues impacting the Missouri
1 31 river basin.
1 32 3. The state interagency Missouri river authority shall
1 33 not vote to approve or disapprove a substantive proposal or
1 34 action being considered by the Missouri river basin
1 35 association without the agreement of the directors of all four
2 1 state departments and the chairperson of the utilities board
2 2 who are members of the authority. If a substantive proposal
2 3 or action considered by the association is not approved or
2 4 disapproved by all four directors and the chairperson of the
2 5 utilities board, the state shall abstain from voting on the
2 6 proposal or action.
2 7 4. The state interagency Missouri river authority shall
2 8 meet regularly with stakeholder groups in this state to
2 9 receive their recommendations before substantive proposals or
2 10 actions are voted upon or to receive policy positions to
2 11 submit to the Missouri river basin association.
2 12
2 13
2 14
2 15 MARY E. KRAMER
2 16 President of the Senate
2 17
2 18
2 19
2 20 BRENT SIEGRIST
2 21 Speaker of the House
2 22
2 23 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
2 24 is known as Senate File 2051, Seventy-ninth General Assembly.
2 25
2 26
2 27
2 28 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
2 29 Secretary of the Senate
2 30 Approved , 2002
2 31
2 32
2 33
2 34 THOMAS J. VILSACK
2 35 Governor
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