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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 farmland.
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 farmland.
2 14 The bill provides that upon receipt of a petition relating
2 15 to a proposed change in the Missouri river master manual from
2 16 a citizen of this state, the executive council shall receive
2 17 and consider the petition. The executive council shall
2 18 transmit the petition, with or without comment, to the
2 19 commanding officer, northwestern division, United States army
2 20 corps of 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 6009XS 79
3 9 tj/cls/14.1
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