House Amendment 8556


PAG LIN

     1  1    Amend House File 2531 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 37, after line 14 by inserting:
     1  3    <Sec. ___.  Section 466B.4, subsection 2, Code
     1  4 Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     1  5    2.  Marketing campaign.  The water resources
     1  6 coordinating council shall develop a marketing campaign
     1  7 to educate Iowans about the need to take personal
     1  8 responsibility for the quality and quantity of water in
     1  9 their local watersheds.  The emphasis of the campaign
     1 10 shall be that not only is everyone responsible for
     1 11 clean water, but that everyone benefits from it as
     1 12 well, and that everyone is responsible for and benefits
     1 13 from reducing the risk for flooding and mitigating
     1 14 possible future flood damage.  The goals of the
     1 15 campaign shall be to convince Iowans to take personal
     1 16 responsibility for clean water and reducing the risk of
     1 17 flooding and to equip them with the tools necessary to
     1 18 effect change through local water quality improvement
     1 19 projects and better flood plain management and flood
     1 20 risk programs.
     1 21    Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  466B.12  Flood plain
     1 22 managers.
     1 23    The council  shall encourage and support the
     1 24 formation of a chapter of the association of state
     1 25 flood plain managers in Iowa that would provide a
     1 26 vehicle for local flood plain managers and flood plain
     1 27 planners to further pursue professional educational
     1 28 opportunities.
     1 29    Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  466B.13  Flood education.
     1 30    The Iowa state university agricultural extension
     1 31 service, the council, and agency members of the council
     1 32 shall work with flood plain and hydrology experts to
     1 33 educate the general public about flood plains, flood
     1 34 risks, and basic flood plain management principles.
     1 35 This educational effort shall include developing
     1 36 educational materials and programs in consultation with
     1 37 flood plain experts.>
     1 38 #2.  By renumbering as necessary.


                                        
          SCHUELLER of Jackson


                                        
          BERRY of Black Hawk


                                        
          RUNNING=MARQUARDT of Linn
          HF2531.2670 (2) 83
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