Senate File 398

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL
                                           RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1164)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the powers of soil and water conservation
  2    districts and county conservation boards.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 3201SV 80
  5 av/cl/14

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 161A.7, Code 2003, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  6A.  The commissioners shall not furnish
  1  4 labor required to install a soil and water conservation
  1  5 practice or an erosion control practice, if the installation
  1  6 is financed by state or federal moneys, including but not
  1  7 limited to cost=share moneys and other financial incentives as
  1  8 provided in division V, part 2, of this chapter.  The
  1  9 commissioners may provide a list of private contractors who
  1 10 are available to perform such labor for landowners or
  1 11 occupiers within the district.  This subsection shall not
  1 12 limit the commissioners from providing other assistance to
  1 13 landowners or occupiers as provided in this chapter, including
  1 14 planning or engineering services, or from making inspections
  1 15 of a practice being installed or after the practice is
  1 16 installed.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  350.4A  PROVISION OF SERVICES
  1 18 PROHIBITED.
  1 19    A county conservation board shall not furnish labor
  1 20 required for the installation of any new project, soil and
  1 21 water conservation practice, or erosion control practice if
  1 22 the installation is financed by state or federal moneys,
  1 23 including but not limited to cost=share moneys or other
  1 24 financial incentives.  The county conservation board may
  1 25 provide a list of private contractors who are available to
  1 26 perform such labor for landowners or land occupiers within the
  1 27 county.  This section does not limit the county conservation
  1 28 board from providing other assistance to landowners or land
  1 29 occupiers authorized under this chapter.
  1 30                           EXPLANATION
  1 31    This bill relates to certain powers of soil and water
  1 32 conservation districts and county conservation boards.
  1 33    The bill provides that soil and water conservation
  1 34 districts shall not furnish labor to install a soil and water
  1 35 conservation practice, or an erosion control practice and
  2  1 county conservation boards shall not furnish labor to install
  2  2 any new project, soil and water conservation practice, or
  2  3 erosion control practice, if the installation is financed by
  2  4 state or federal moneys, including but not limited to cost=
  2  5 share moneys and other financial incentives.
  2  6    The bill also provides that soil and water conservation
  2  7 districts and county conservation boards are not prohibited
  2  8 from providing other assistance to landowners or land
  2  9 occupiers.
  2 10 LSB 3201SV 80
  2 11 av/cl/14