House File 664 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY MASCHER, FOEGE, JACOBY, and LENSING Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act designating lake Macbride as a protected water area. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2295HH 81 4 av/cf/24 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 462B.8, Code 2005, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 462B.8 DESIGNATION. 1 4 1. The commission may adopt the management plan and may 1 5 permanently designate the area into the protected water area 1 6 system. Upon the commission adopting the management plan and 1 7 permanently designating the area as a protected water area, 1 8 the commission may submit the management plan to the 1 9legislaturegeneral assembly for funding consideration. 1 10 2. The commission shall designate lake Macbride as a 1 11 protected water area. 1 12 EXPLANATION 1 13 This bill provides that the natural resource commission 1 14 shall designate lake Macbride as a protected water area, which 1 15 is defined as a water area permanently designated by the 1 16 commission for inclusion in the protected water area system. 1 17 A protected water area is required to have a management 1 18 plan outlining the specific area to be protected, land use 1 19 agreements with property owners, conservation easements and a 1 20 specific design and layout of facilities. 1 21 LSB 2295HH 81 1 22 av:rj/cf/24