H-1258

   Amend House File 650 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, after line 33 by inserting: 
   <(c)  The moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph may be used, upon adoption of plans approved by the water resources coordinating council established pursuant to section 466B.3, to provide for the installation, operation, and maintenance of verified best management practices to effectively reduce nitrate and phosphorous loads in priority watersheds identified by the water resources coordinating council.
   (d)  As a condition of receiving an appropriation under this lettered paragraph, the department of agriculture and land stewardship shall ensure that goals are established for reducing nitrate and phosphorous loads in priority watersheds following the recommendations of the Mississippi river, gulf of Mexico watershed nutrient task force, shall identify a series of two-year benchmarks sufficient to achieve those goals, and shall submit a report to the general assembly by December 1, 2015, including the goals and benchmarks established.>
   2.  Page 2, line 16, after <basis> by inserting <with participants identified through an auction process>
   3.  Page 2, line 21, after <used> by inserting <to achieve verified improvements in water quality and>
   4.  Page 2, line 30, after <practices> by inserting <and their verified efficiency in improving water quality>
   5.  Page 3, line 1, by striking <implement> and inserting <implement, operate, and maintain>
   6.  Page 3, line 2, after <practices> by inserting <verified for their efficiency in improving water quality>
   7.  Page 3, line 14, by striking <161A> and inserting <161A, with participants identified through an auction process as determined by the department>
   8.  Page 3, line 20, by striking <source> and inserting <source, with participants identified through an auction process as determined by the department>
   9.  Page 3, line 24, after <division.> by inserting <Of the moneys appropriated that may be used for costs of administration and implementation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, $50,000 shall be allocated and awarded as a grant to the Iowa league of cities pursuant to a contract with the Iowa league of cities to support the development of a demonstration project for nutrient trading or offset in one or more watersheds of the state involving at least one nonpoint source of nitrate pollution and at least one point source of nitrate pollution, subject to permit requirements under the national pollutant discharge elimination system.>
   10.  By renumbering as necessary.

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ISENHART of Dubuque