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1 1 Section 1. WATERSHED MANAGEMENT TASK FORCE. A watershed
1 2 management task force is created.
1 3 1. The purpose of the task force is to study the
1 4 feasibility of consolidating soil and water conservation
1 5 districts and providing such districts with authority to
1 6 administer programs to preserve and enhance the soil and water
1 7 resources of this state. The programs shall include those
1 8 provided in chapter 161A and may include other programs which
1 9 provide for the proper management of soil and water resources,
1 10 including but not limited to flood prevention measures, water
1 11 quality preservation and enhancement programs, soil
1 12 conservation practices, and the installation or maintenance of
1 13 related improvements.
1 14 2. The task force shall be composed of the following
1 15 members:
1 16 a. Six persons who are commissioners of soil and water
1 17 conservation districts who shall be appointed by the state
1 18 soil conservation committee. The commissioners shall
1 19 represent the northwest, north central, northeast, southwest,
1 20 south central, and southeast regions of the state.
1 21 b. Five persons representing counties from diverse regions
1 22 of the state who shall be appointed by the Iowa state
1 23 association of counties. Three of the persons shall be
1 24 members of county conservation boards and two of the persons
1 25 shall be county supervisors.
1 26 c. Three persons representing cities of different sizes
1 27 from diverse regions of the state who shall be appointed by
1 28 the Iowa league of cities.
1 29 d. Three persons representing organizations concerned with
1 30 natural resources and environmental protection who shall be
1 31 appointed by the governor.
1 32 e. Two persons who are actively engaged in grain farming
1 33 who belong to organizations representing agricultural
1 34 producers who shall be appointed by the governor.
1 35 3. The task force shall prepare and deliver a report of
2 1 its finding and recommendations to the general assembly on or
2 2 before January 12, 2005.
2 3 EXPLANATION
2 4 This bill creates a watershed management task force. The
2 5 purpose of the task force is to study the feasibility of
2 6 consolidating soil and water conservation districts and
2 7 providing such districts with authority to administer programs
2 8 to preserve and enhance the soil and water resources of this
2 9 state.
2 10 The task force is composed of commissioners of soil and
2 11 water conservation districts; persons representing counties
2 12 from diverse regions of the state, including members of county
2 13 conservation boards; persons representing cities of different
2 14 sizes from diverse regions of the state; persons representing
2 15 organizations concerned with natural resources and
2 16 environmental protection; and persons actively engaged in crop
2 17 farming.
2 18 The task force is required to prepare and deliver a report
2 19 of its findings and recommendations to the general assembly on
2 20 or before January 12, 2005.
2 21 LSB 5467YH 80
2 22 da/sh/8
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