H-8157

   Amend House File 2458 as follows:
   1.  Page 22, after line 11 by inserting: 

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SPECIAL APPROPRIATION —— SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
   Sec. ___.  COST-SHARE PROGRAM.
   1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:

   For use by the department in providing for soil and water conservation administration, the conservation of soil and water resources, or the support of soil and water conservation district commissioners:

.................................................. $ 18,500,000

   2.  Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in subsection 1 may be allocated for cost sharing to address complaints filed under section 161A.47.
   3.  Of the moneys appropriated in subsection 1, 5 percent shall be allocated for financial incentives to establish practices to protect watersheds above publicly owned lakes of the state from soil erosion and sediment as provided in section 161A.73.
   4.  Not more than 30 percent of a soil and water conservation district’s allocation of moneys as financial incentives may be provided for the purpose of establishing management practices to control soil erosion on land that is row cropped, including but not limited to no-till planting, ridge-till planting, contouring, and contour strip-cropping as provided in section 161A.73.
   5.  The state soil conservation committee established by section 161A.4 may allocate moneys appropriated in subsection 1 to conduct research and demonstration projects to promote conservation tillage and nonpoint source pollution control practices.
   6.  The allocation of moneys as financial incentives as provided in section 161A.73 may be used in combination with moneys allocated by the department of natural resources.
   7.  Not more than 15 percent of the moneys appropriated in subsection 1 may be used for costs of administration and implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
   8.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this section for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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BEARINGER of Fayette