House File 612 H-1418 Amend House File 612 as follows: 1 1. Page 3, line 27, after < water > by inserting < , or a 2 public utility as defined in section 476.1 > 3 2. Page 15, after line 29 by inserting: 4 < 9. Notwithstanding any other provision in this part to the 5 contrary, beginning on July 1, 2018, the authority may use any 6 amount available to support the water quality project financial 7 assistance program to instead extend and support the three-year 8 data collection of in-field agricultural practices project as 9 enacted in 2015 Iowa Acts, ch. 132, §18. > 10 3. Page 29, after line 22 by inserting: 11 < Sec. ___. Section 455B.177, Code 2017, is amended by adding 12 the following new subsection: 13 NEW SUBSECTION . 3. The general assembly further finds 14 and declares that it is in the interest of the people of Iowa 15 to assess and reduce nutrients in surface waters over time by 16 implementing the Iowa nutrient reduction strategy, as defined 17 in section 455B.176A. To evaluate the progress achieved over 18 time toward the goals of the Iowa nutrient reduction strategy 19 and the United States environmental protection agency gulf 20 hypoxia action plan, the baseline condition shall be calculated 21 for the time period from 1980 to 1996. > 22 4. By renumbering as necessary. 23 ______________________________ BALTIMORE of Boone -1- HF612.2551 (2) 87 mm/rj 1/ 1 #1. #2. #3. #4.