Senate Amendment 3250 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the House amendment, S=3208, to Senate File 1 2 200, as passed by the Senate, as follows: 1 3 #1. By striking page 1, line 8, through page 4, 1 4 line 33, and inserting the following: 1 5 <Sec. . NEW SECTION. 455B.118 WATERSHED 1 6 IMPROVEMENT FUND. 1 7 1. A watershed improvement fund is created in the 1 8 state treasury under the joint administrative control 1 9 of the department of natural resources and the 1 10 department of agriculture and land stewardship. 1 11 Moneys appropriated to the fund and any other moneys 1 12 available to and obtained or accepted by either 1 13 department for placement in the fund shall be 1 14 deposited in the fund. Additionally, payments of 1 15 interest, recaptures of awards, and other repayments 1 16 to the fund shall be deposited in the fund. 1 17 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest 1 18 or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to 1 19 the fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the 1 20 fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the 1 21 end of the fiscal year shall not revert, but shall 1 22 remain available for the same purpose in the 1 23 succeeding fiscal year. Moneys appropriated to either 1 24 department and deposited in the fund shall not be used 1 25 for administrative purposes. 1 26 2. The purposes of the watershed improvement fund 1 27 are the following: 1 28 a. Enhancement of water quality in the state 1 29 through a variety of impairment=based, locally 1 30 directed watershed improvement grant projects. 1 31 b. Positively affecting the management and use of 1 32 water for the purposes of drinking, agriculture, 1 33 recreation, sport, and economic development in the 1 34 state. 1 35 c. Ensuring public participation in the process of 1 36 determining priorities related to water quality 1 37 including but not limited to all of the following: 1 38 (1) Agricultural runoff and drainage. 1 39 (2) Stream bank erosion. 1 40 (3) Municipal discharge. 1 41 (4) Stormwater runoff. 1 42 (5) Unsewered communities. 1 43 (6) Industrial discharge. 1 44 (7) Livestock runoff. 1 45 3. A watershed improvement review committee is 1 46 established consisting of all of the following voting 1 47 members, appointed by the named entity or entities and 1 48 approved by the governor: 1 49 a. One member of the agribusiness association of 1 50 Iowa. 2 1 b. One member of the Iowa association of water 2 2 agencies. 2 3 c. One member of the Iowa environmental council. 2 4 d. One member of the Iowa farm bureau federation. 2 5 e. One member of the Iowa pork producers 2 6 association. 2 7 f. One member of the Iowa rural water association. 2 8 g. One member of the Iowa soybean association. 2 9 h. One member representing soil and water 2 10 conservation districts of Iowa. 2 11 i. One member of the Iowa association of county 2 12 conservation boards. 2 13 j. One person representing the department of 2 14 agriculture and land stewardship. 2 15 k. One person representing the department of 2 16 natural resources. 2 17 4. The watershed improvement review committee 2 18 shall do all of the following: 2 19 a. Award local watershed improvement grants and 2 20 monitor the progress of local watershed improvement 2 21 projects awarded grants. A local watershed 2 22 improvement grant may be awarded for a period not to 2 23 exceed three years. Each local watershed improvement 2 24 grant awarded shall not exceed ten percent of the 2 25 moneys appropriated for the grants during a fiscal 2 26 year. 2 27 b. Assist with the development of monitoring plans 2 28 for local watershed improvement projects. 2 29 c. Review monitoring results before, during, and 2 30 after completion of a local watershed improvement 2 31 project. 2 32 d. Review costs and benefits of mitigation 2 33 practices utilized by a project. 2 34 e. By January 31, annually, submit an electronic 2 35 report to the governor and the general assembly 2 36 regarding the progress of the watershed improvement 2 37 projects during the previous calendar year. 2 38 f. Elicit the expertise of their organizations for 2 39 technical assistance in the work of the review 2 40 committee. 2 41 g. Adopt administrative rules pursuant to chapter 2 42 17A to administer this section. 2 43 5. A watershed improvement review committee member 2 44 who also serves on a local watershed improvement 2 45 committee shall abstain from voting on a local 2 46 watershed improvement grant application submitted by 2 47 the same local watershed improvement committee of 2 48 which the person is a member. 2 49 6. a. A local watershed improvement committee 2 50 shall be organized for the purposes of applying for a 3 1 local watershed improvement grant and implementing a 3 2 local watershed improvement project. Each local 3 3 watershed improvement grant application shall include 3 4 a methodology for attaining measurable, observable, 3 5 and performance=based results. A majority of the 3 6 members of the local watershed improvement committee 3 7 shall represent a cause for the impairment of the 3 8 watershed. The committee shall be authorized as a 3 9 not=for=profit organization by the secretary of state. 3 10 Soil and water conservation districts may also be 3 11 eligible and apply for and receive local watershed 3 12 improvement grants. 3 13 b. A local watershed improvement committee shall 3 14 be responsible for application for and implementation 3 15 of an approved local watershed improvement grant, 3 16 including providing authorization for project bids and 3 17 project expenditures under the grant. A portion of 3 18 the grant moneys may be used to engage engineering 3 19 expertise related to the project. The committee shall 3 20 monitor local performance throughout the local 3 21 watershed grant project and shall submit a report at 3 22 six=month intervals regarding the progress and 3 23 findings of the project as required by the watershed 3 24 improvement review committee.> 3 25 # . Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 3 26 and inserting the following: <An Act relating to 3 27 agriculture by providing for the powers and duties of 3 28 the department of agriculture and land stewardship and 3 29 watershed improvement.>> 3 30 3 31 3 32 3 33 BRIAN SCHOENJAHN 3 34 3 35 3 36 3 37 STEVE KETTERING 3 38 3 39 3 40 3 41 DENNIS H. BLACK 3 42 3 43 3 44 3 45 HUBERT M. HOUSER 3 46 EUGENE S. FRAISE 3 47 E. THURMAN GASKILL 3 48 SF 200.704 81 3 49 tm/gg/4970 -1-