H-8092

   Amend House File 2440 as follows:
   1.  Page 3, after line 28 by inserting: 
   <Sec. __.  NEW SECTION.  466B.26  Management of assets.
   In order to carry out its duties as described in section 466B.23, a watershed management authority may manage any assets provided to it from any person, including but not limited to any of the following:
   1.  Gifts, bequests, or in-kind contributions.
   2.  Investment securities or negotiable instruments.
   3.  Moneys from public or private sources, including but not limited to moneys appropriated or allocated from a local government or political subdivision, this state, another state, or the United States.>
   2.  Page 6, after line 7 by inserting: 
   <(1)  In financing a program using moneys appropriated in this section, the division shall provide a preference to a program administered by or in coordination with a watershed management authority created pursuant to section 466B.22.
   (2)  The division shall prepare a plan for each financed program, that identifies the watershed or geographic region where the program is to be administered, the name of any other person administering the program, the objective of the program, and the measurement of short-term and long-term goals required to achieve that objective. The program’s success in achieving the objective of each program shall be measured using the same performance metric that measures the success in achieving the objectives of all programs described in this paragraph “a”. Not later than January 10 of each year the division shall deliver to the governor and general assembly a report that describes and evaluates the implementation of each plan. The division shall submit its final report describing the last program financed during the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019.>
   3.  Page 6, after line 14 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 132, section 18, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  a.  The division of soil conservation and water quality or Iowa state university of science and technology shall not enter into or extend a contract with a person to administer a program or project described in this section, until all moneys used to finance that program or project that have been expended to date by the person under the contract have been documented. The division or university which is a party to the contract shall prepare a statement verifying that the person has complied with the terms and conditions of the contract. 
   b.  Before entering into or extending a contract, the division shall require the contractor to prepare and submit a report describing the projects financed under subsection 3. The report shall state in detail all of the following:
   (1)  The amount expended for each project and the purpose of the expenditure.
   (2)  The expected and actual outcomes achieved by a project.
   (3)  The methods used to track progress in reducing the transport of nutrients to surface water from nonpoint sources within a watershed.
   (4)  An analysis of the impact of in-field and edge-of-field agricultural practices in the aggregate.
   (5)  The measurement of any other impacts associated with agricultural production.
   (6)  The recommended development of any system to be implemented within a broader range of watersheds that measures existing agricultural practices and the impact of different nutrient management decisions.
   c.  The report shall be posted on the department’s internet site and delivered to all of the following:
   (1)  The chairpersons and ranking members of the agriculture committees of the senate and house of representatives.
   (2)  The legislative services agency.
   Sec. ___.  2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 132, section 18, subsection 4, is amended by striking the subsection.>
   4.  By renumbering as necessary.

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ISENHART of Dubuque