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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 161A.4, Code 2003, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. a. The committee, pursuant to rules 1 4 adopted under chapter 17A, and in consultation with the 1 5 division of soil conservation, shall assess the availability 1 6 of private contractors in each soil and water conservation 1 7 district who are willing and able to provide services, 1 8 including but not limited to planting services, and sell plant 1 9 material to assist landowners or occupiers in carrying on 1 10 operations upon their land that further the policy stated in 1 11 this chapter. 1 12 b. After making an assessment of private contractors 1 13 available under paragraph "a", the committee shall determine 1 14 whether the private contractors available in each district are 1 15 sufficient to meet the needs of landowners or occupiers in 1 16 each district for such services and plant material. If the 1 17 committee determines that the private contractors available in 1 18 a district are not sufficient to meet the needs of landowners 1 19 or occupiers in that district for services or plant material, 1 20 the committee may authorize the district to provide services 1 21 for a fee with the district's equipment and to sell plant 1 22 material as necessary to meet such needs in that district. 1 23 c. The committee shall annually reassess the availability 1 24 of private contractors in each district, whether the need for 1 25 services and plant material in each district can be met by 1 26 available private contractors and whether the committee's 1 27 authorization allowing a district to provide services for a 1 28 fee and to sell plant material should be continued. 1 29 Sec. 2. Section 161A.7, subsection 6, Code 2003, is 1 30 amended to read as follows: 1 31 6. To make available on such terms as it shall prescribe, 1 32 to landowners or occupiers within the district, agricultural 1 33 and engineering machinery and equipment, fertilizer, lime, and 1 34 such other material or equipment as will assist such 1 35 landowners or occupiers to carry on operations upon their 2 1 lands for the conservation of soil resources and for the 2 2 prevention and control of soil erosion and for the prevention 2 3 of erosion, floodwater, and sediment damages, except that a 2 4 district shall not provide services for a fee with the 2 5 district's equipment, including but not limited to planting 2 6 services, or sell plant material unless the district is so 2 7 authorized by the committee pursuant to section 161A.4, 2 8 subsection 3A. 2 9 EXPLANATION 2 10 This bill provides that the state soil conservation 2 11 committee, pursuant to rules adopted under Code chapter 17A, 2 12 and in consultation with the division of soil conservation of 2 13 the department of agriculture and land stewardship, shall 2 14 assess the availability of private contractors in each soil 2 15 and water conservation district who are willing and able to 2 16 provide services, including but not limited to planting 2 17 services, and to sell plant material to assist landowners or 2 18 occupiers in carrying on operations upon their land that 2 19 further the policy of Code chapter 161A. 2 20 The bill provides that after making an assessment of 2 21 available private contractors in each district, the committee 2 22 shall determine whether the private contractors available in 2 23 each district are sufficient to meet the needs of landowners 2 24 or occupiers in that district for services or plant material. 2 25 If the committee determines that the private contractors 2 26 available are not sufficient to meet the needs of landowners 2 27 or occupiers, the committee may authorize the district to 2 28 provide services for a fee with the district's equipment and 2 29 to sell plant material as necessary to meet such needs in the 2 30 district. 2 31 The bill provides that the committee shall annually 2 32 reassess the availability of private contractors in each 2 33 district, whether the demand for services and plant material 2 34 in each district can be met by private contractors that are 2 35 available, and whether the committee's authorization allowing 3 1 a district to provide services for a fee and to sell plant 3 2 material should be continued. 3 3 The bill also provides that a district shall not provide 3 4 services with the district's equipment for a fee, including 3 5 but not limited to planting services, or sell plant material 3 6 except as authorized by the committee pursuant to Code section 3 7 161A.4, subsection 3A. 3 8 LSB 3201SC 80 3 9 av/cl/14
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