H-8213

   Amend  the amendment, H-8205, to House File 2690, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, after line 24 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  IOWA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY —— APPROPRIATION.
   1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the state university of Iowa for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   For purposes of supporting the Iowa geological survey of the state, as created within the state university of Iowa pursuant to section 456.1, in mapping and assessing Iowa’s groundwater resources, including but not limited to groundwater planning and resource assessment:
   ...................................................................... $  5,000,000

   2.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this section 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, 2029.>
   2.  Page 1, lines 26 and 27, by striking <annual reporting requirements for data center businesses> and inserting <water resources, including annual reporting requirements for data center businesses and mapping and assessment of groundwater resources, and making appropriations>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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SCHOLTEN of Woodbury