House Journal: Page 1669: Tuesday, May 1, 2001
28 $ 850,000
29 4. For deposit in the alternative drainage system
30 assistance fund created in section 159.29A to be used
31 for purposes of supporting the alternative drainage
32 system assistance program as provided in section
33 159.29B:
34 $ 1,000,000
35 Of the amount appropriated in this section,
36 $300,000 shall be allocated to drainage district 176
37 to provide cost-share assistance for closing
38 agricultural drainage wells and constructing
39 alternative drainage systems in order to assist in
40 raising the level of cost-share payments to 75 percent
41 of the cost of the projects.
42 5. To provide financial assistance for the
43 establishment of permanent soil and water conservation
44 practices:
45 $ 2,000,000
46 a. Not more than 5 percent of the moneys
47 appropriated in this subsection may be allocated for
48 cost-sharing to abate complaints filed under section
49 161A.47.
50 b. Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
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1 5 percent shall be allocated for financial incentives
2 to establish practices to protect watersheds above
3 publicly owned lakes of the state from soil erosion
4 and sediment as provided in section 161A.73.
5 c. Not more than 30 percent of a district's
6 allocation of moneys as financial incentives may be
7 provided for the purpose of establishing management
8 practices to control soil erosion on land that is row-
9 cropped, including but not limited to no-till
10 planting, ridge-till planting, contouring, and contour
11 strip-cropping as provided in section 161A.73.
12 d. The state soil conservation committee created
13 in section 161A.4 may allocate moneys appropriated in
14 this subsection to conduct research and demonstration
15 projects to promote conservation tillage and nonpoint
16 source pollution control practices.
17 e. The financial incentive payments may be used in
18 combination with department of natural resources
19 moneys.
20 6. To encourage and assist farmers in enrolling in
21 the continuous sign-up federal conservation reserve
22 program and work with them to enhance their
23 revegetation efforts to improve water quality and
24 habitat:
25 $ 1,500,000
26 7. For deposit in the hungry canyons account of
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