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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 466.5A CONSTRUCTION OF WETLANDS
1 2 – MORATORIUM – STUDY.
1 3 Notwithstanding section 466.5, no wetlands shall be
1 4 restored, constructed, or expanded in this state during the
1 5 period beginning April 1, 2003, and ending April 1, 2004.
1 6 During this period of time, the department of natural
1 7 resources, in cooperation with the Iowa department of public
1 8 health, shall conduct a study that evaluates whether the
1 9 establishment of additional acres of wetlands in the state
1 10 increases the risk of transmission of west Nile virus to
1 11 people and animals in the state. The study shall also include
1 12 information concerning where virus outbreaks have occurred in
1 13 the state, where virus outbreaks have occurred in the state in
1 14 relation to the location of existing or planned wetlands, how
1 15 and where the virus might spread, and how the risk of
1 16 transmission might be reduced. The department of natural
1 17 resources and the Iowa department of public health shall file
1 18 a joint report containing their findings and recommendations
1 19 with the legislative service bureau by March 1, 2004, for
1 20 distribution to the general assembly.
1 21 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
1 22 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
1 23 EXPLANATION
1 24 This bill creates a moratorium on the restoration,
1 25 construction, or expansion of wetlands in this state for the
1 26 period from April 1, 2003, to April 1, 2004, notwithstanding
1 27 Code section 466.5, which has a stated five-year goal of
1 28 establishing an additional 32,500 acres of wetlands in the
1 29 state beginning in 2000.
1 30 The bill provides that during the moratorium, the
1 31 department of natural resources, in cooperation with the Iowa
1 32 department of public health, shall conduct a study that
1 33 evaluates whether the establishment of additional acres of
1 34 wetlands in the state increases the risk of transmission of
1 35 west Nile virus to people and animals in the state. The bill
2 1 provides that the study should include information concerning
2 2 where virus outbreaks have occurred in the state, where virus
2 3 outbreaks have occurred in the state in relation to the
2 4 location of existing or planned wetlands, how and where the
2 5 virus might spread, and how the risk of transmission might be
2 6 reduced.
2 7 The bill provides that the department of natural resources
2 8 and the Iowa department of public health shall file a joint
2 9 report containing their findings and recommendations with the
2 10 legislative service bureau by March 1, 2004, for distribution
2 11 to the general assembly.
2 12 The bill contains an immediate effective date.
2 13 LSB 2562YH 80
2 14 av/cf/24
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