House File 2104

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  GREIMANN


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the creation of a watershed management task
  2    force in order to preserve and enhance state resources.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  WATERSHED MANAGEMENT TASK FORCE.  A watershed
  1  2 management task force is created.
  1  3    1.  The purpose of the task force is to study the
  1  4 feasibility of consolidating soil and water conservation
  1  5 districts and providing such districts with authority to
  1  6 administer programs to preserve and enhance the soil and water
  1  7 resources of this state.  The programs shall include those
  1  8 provided in chapter 161A and may include other programs which
  1  9 provide for the proper management of soil and water resources,
  1 10 including but not limited to flood prevention measures, water
  1 11 quality preservation and enhancement programs, soil
  1 12 conservation practices, and the installation or maintenance of
  1 13 related improvements.
  1 14    2.  The task force shall be composed of the following
  1 15 members:
  1 16    a.  Six persons who are commissioners of soil and water
  1 17 conservation districts who shall be appointed by the state
  1 18 soil conservation committee.  The commissioners shall
  1 19 represent the northwest, north central, northeast, southwest,
  1 20 south central, and southeast regions of the state.
  1 21    b.  Five persons representing counties from diverse regions
  1 22 of the state who shall be appointed by the Iowa state
  1 23 association of counties.  Three of the persons shall be
  1 24 members of county conservation boards and two of the persons
  1 25 shall be county supervisors.
  1 26    c.  Three persons representing cities of different sizes
  1 27 from diverse regions of the state who shall be appointed by
  1 28 the Iowa league of cities.
  1 29    d.  Three persons representing organizations concerned with
  1 30 natural resources and environmental protection who shall be
  1 31 appointed by the governor.
  1 32    e.  Two persons who are actively engaged in grain farming
  1 33 who belong to organizations representing agricultural
  1 34 producers who shall be appointed by the governor.
  1 35    3.  The task force shall prepare and deliver a report of
  2  1 its finding and recommendations to the general assembly on or
  2  2 before January 12, 2005.
  2  3                           EXPLANATION
  2  4    This bill creates a watershed management task force.  The
  2  5 purpose of the task force is to study the feasibility of
  2  6 consolidating soil and water conservation districts and
  2  7 providing such districts with authority to administer programs
  2  8 to preserve and enhance the soil and water resources of this
  2  9 state.
  2 10    The task force is composed of commissioners of soil and
  2 11 water conservation districts; persons representing counties
  2 12 from diverse regions of the state, including members of county
  2 13 conservation boards; persons representing cities of different
  2 14 sizes from diverse regions of the state; persons representing
  2 15 organizations concerned with natural resources and
  2 16 environmental protection; and persons actively engaged in crop
  2 17 farming.
  2 18    The task force is required to prepare and deliver a report
  2 19 of its findings and recommendations to the general assembly on
  2 20 or before January 12, 2005.
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