House Study Bill 705
HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY HOUSE
APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON
AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to and making appropriations involving state
2 government, including provisions affecting agriculture and
3 natural resources and providing fees.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
5 TLSB 5190HB 81
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1 1 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP
1 2 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS
1 3 Section 1. GENERAL FUND == DEPARTMENT. There is
1 4 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
1 5 department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal
1 6 year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, the
1 7 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
1 8 used for the purposes designated:
1 9 For purposes of supporting the department, including its
1 10 divisions, for administration, regulation, and programs, for
1 11 salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and
1 12 for not more than the following full=time equivalent
1 13 positions:
1 14 .................................................. $ 17,837,900
1 15 ............................................... FTEs 404.39
1 16 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP
1 17 DESIGNATED APPROPRIATIONS == ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
1 18 Sec. 2. GENERAL FUND == CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CONTROL
1 19 PROGRAM. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
1 20 state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship
1 21 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June
1 22 30, 2007, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
1 23 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1 24 For purposes of administering a chronic wasting disease
1 25 control program for the control of chronic wasting disease
1 26 which threatens farm deer as provided in chapter 170,
1 27 including for salaries, support, maintenance, and
1 28 miscellaneous purposes:
1 29 .................................................. $ 100,000
1 30 The program may include procedures for the inspection and
1 31 testing of farm deer, responses to reported cases of chronic
1 32 wasting disease, and methods to ensure that owners of farm
1 33 deer may engage in the movement and sale of farm deer.
1 34 Sec. 3. HORSE AND DOG RACING. There is appropriated from
1 35 the moneys available under section 99D.13 to the department of
2 1 agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal year beginning
2 2 July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, the following amount,
2 3 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
2 4 purposes designated:
2 5 For purposes of supporting the department's administration
2 6 and enforcement of horse and dog racing law pursuant to
2 7 section 99D.22, including for salaries, support, maintenance,
2 8 and miscellaneous purposes:
2 9 .................................................. $ 305,516
2 10 Sec. 4. GENERAL FUND == DAIRY PRODUCTS CONTROL. There is
2 11 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
2 12 department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal
2 13 year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, the
2 14 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
2 15 used for the purposes designated:
2 16 For purposes of supporting the operations of the dairy
2 17 products control bureau, including for salaries, support,
2 18 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
2 19 .................................................. $ 693,166
2 20 Sec. 5. GENERAL FUND == AVIAN INFLUENZA CONTROL. There is
2 21 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
2 22 department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal
2 23 year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, the
2 24 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
2 25 used for the purpose designated:
2 26 For purposes of controlling avian influenza by conducting
2 27 testing and monitoring:
2 28 .................................................. $ 50,000
2 29 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
2 30 section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
2 31 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
2 32 for the continued testing and monitoring of avian influenza
2 33 until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
2 34 Sec. 6. GENERAL FUND == APIARY LAW. There is appropriated
2 35 from the general fund of the state to the department of
3 1 agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal year beginning
3 2 July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, the following amount,
3 3 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
3 4 purposes designated:
3 5 For purposes of administering and enforcing apiary law as
3 6 provided in chapter 160, including for salaries, support,
3 7 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
3 8 .................................................. $ 40,000
3 9 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP
3 10 DESIGNATED APPROPRIATIONS == MISCELLANEOUS
3 11 Sec. 7. GENERAL FUND == SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
3 12 DISTRICTS. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
3 13 state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship
3 14 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June
3 15 30, 2007, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
3 16 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
3 17 For purposes of reimbursing commissioners of soil and water
3 18 conservation districts for administrative expenses including
3 19 but not limited to travel expenses, technical training, and
3 20 professional dues:
3 21 .................................................. $ 250,000
3 22 A soil and water conservation district receiving moneys
3 23 from an allocation provided pursuant to this section shall
3 24 submit a report to the soil conservation division of the
3 25 department of agriculture and land stewardship by January 1,
3 26 2007, accounting for moneys which have been expended or
3 27 unexpended or which have been obligated or encumbered. The
3 28 report shall state how the moneys were used.
3 29 Sec. 8. GENERAL FUND == SENIOR FARMERS MARKET NUTRITION
3 30 PROGRAM. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
3 31 state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship
3 32 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June
3 33 30, 2007, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
3 34 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
3 35 For purposes of administering a senior farmers market
4 1 nutrition program, including for salaries, support,
4 2 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
4 3 .................................................. $ 77,000
4 4 Sec. 9. GENERAL FUND == STATE INTERAGENCY MISSOURI RIVER
4 5 AUTHORITY. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
4 6 state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship
4 7 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June
4 8 30, 2007, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
4 9 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
4 10 For purposes of supporting the department's membership in
4 11 the state interagency Missouri river authority, created in
4 12 section 28L.1, in the Missouri river basin association:
4 13 .................................................. $ 9,535
4 14 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
4 15 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS
4 16 Sec. 10. GENERAL FUND == DEPARTMENT. There is
4 17 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
4 18 department of natural resources for the fiscal year beginning
4 19 July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, the following amount,
4 20 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
4 21 purposes designated:
4 22 For purposes of supporting the department, including its
4 23 divisions, for administration, regulation, and programs, for
4 24 salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and
4 25 for not more than the following full=time equivalent
4 26 positions:
4 27 .................................................. $ 17,792,579
4 28 ............................................... FTEs 1,113.63
4 29 Sec. 11. STATE FISH AND GAME PROTECTION FUND == DIVISION
4 30 OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.
4 31 1. a. There is appropriated from the state fish and game
4 32 protection fund to the department of natural resources for the
4 33 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007,
4 34 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
4 35 be used for the purposes designated:
5 1 For purposes of supporting the division of fish and
5 2 wildlife, including for administration, regulation, and
5 3 programs, and for salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
5 4 and miscellaneous purposes:
5 5 .................................................. $ 34,322,525
5 6 b. Of the amount appropriated in paragraph "a",
5 7 $120,000 shall be allocated to contract with a private
5 8 individual or business to provide training and
5 9 assistance to persons interested in sports activities
5 10 involving the use of firearms.
5 11 c. Notwithstanding section 455A.10, the department may use
5 12 the unappropriated balance remaining in the fish and game
5 13 protection fund to provide for the funding of health and life
5 14 insurance premium payments from unused sick leave balances of
5 15 conservation peace officers employed in a protection
5 16 occupation who retire, pursuant to section 97B.49B.
5 17 2. The department shall not expend more moneys from the
5 18 fish and game protection fund than provided in this section,
5 19 unless the expenditure derives from contributions made by a
5 20 private entity, or a grant or moneys received from the federal
5 21 government, and is approved by the natural resource
5 22 commission. The department of natural resources shall
5 23 promptly notify the legislative services agency and the
5 24 chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations
5 25 subcommittee on agriculture and natural resources concerning
5 26 the commission's approval.
5 27 Sec. 12. GROUNDWATER PROTECTION FUND == WATER QUALITY.
5 28 1. There is appropriated from the groundwater protection
5 29 fund created in section 455E.11 to the department of natural
5 30 resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and
5 31 ending June 30, 2007, from those moneys which are not
5 32 allocated pursuant to that section, the following amount, or
5 33 so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
5 34 designated:
5 35 For purposes of supporting the department's protection of
6 1 the state's groundwater, including for administration,
6 2 regulation, and programs, and for salaries, support,
6 3 maintenance, equipment, and miscellaneous purposes:
6 4 .................................................. $ 3,455,832
6 5 2. Of the amount appropriated in subsection 1, the
6 6 department shall allocate $300,000 for purposes of supporting
6 7 a project to recycle hardware or equipment associated with
6 8 personal computers.
6 9 a. The department shall grant the moneys to a person who
6 10 shall administer the project on a statewide basis.
6 11 b. The department shall make the award to a person who
6 12 applies in a manner and according to procedures required by
6 13 the department. In scoring applications, the department shall
6 14 provide the highest priority to a person who maintains at
6 15 least fifty locations throughout the state which may be used
6 16 as recycling centers and who will not charge a fee or charge a
6 17 minimum fee to accept the hardware or equipment.
6 18 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
6 19 RELATED TRANSFERS
6 20 Sec. 13. SPECIAL SNOWMOBILE FUND == SNOWMOBILE PROGRAM.
6 21 There is transferred on July 1, 2006, from the fees required
6 22 to be deposited in the special snowmobile fund under section
6 23 321G.7 to the fish and game protection fund and appropriated
6 24 to the department of natural resources for the fiscal year
6 25 beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, the
6 26 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
6 27 used for the purpose designated:
6 28 For purposes of administering and enforcing the state
6 29 snowmobile program:
6 30 .................................................. $ 100,000
6 31 Sec. 14. SPECIAL CONSERVATION FUND == NAVIGATION AND WATER
6 32 SAFETY LAWS. There is transferred on July 1, 2006, from the
6 33 fees required to be deposited in the special conservation fund
6 34 under section 462A.52 to the fish and game protection fund and
6 35 appropriated to the natural resource commission for the fiscal
7 1 year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, the
7 2 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
7 3 used for the purpose designated:
7 4 For purposes of administering and enforcing the state's
7 5 navigation and water safety laws:
7 6 .................................................. $ 1,400,000
7 7 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys transferred and
7 8 appropriated in this section that remain unencumbered or
7 9 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
7 10 to the credit of the fish and game protection fund but shall
7 11 be credited to the special conservation fund.
7 12 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
7 13 DESIGNATED APPROPRIATIONS
7 14 Sec. 15. UNASSIGNED REVENUE FUND == UNDERGROUND STORAGE
7 15 TANK SECTION EXPENSES. There is appropriated from the
7 16 unassigned revenue fund administered by the Iowa comprehensive
7 17 underground storage tank fund board, to the department of
7 18 natural resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006,
7 19 and ending June 30, 2007, the following amount, or so much
7 20 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
7 21 designated:
7 22 For purposes of paying for administration expenses of the
7 23 department's underground storage tank section:
7 24 .................................................. $ 200,000
7 25 Sec. 16. UNASSIGNED REVENUE FUND ==
7 26 ENVIRONMENTAL REFUELING SYSTEMS ADVOCATE. There is
7 27 appropriated from the unassigned revenue fund
7 28 administered by the Iowa comprehensive underground
7 29 storage tank fund board, to the department of economic
7 30 development for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
7 31 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, the following amount,
7 32 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
7 33 purposes designated:
7 34 For purposes of supporting an environmental
7 35 refueling systems advocate to provide technical
8 1 assistance to service stations installing motor fuel
8 2 tanks used to store E=85 gasoline, including salaries,
8 3 support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for
8 4 not more than the following full=time equivalent
8 5 position:
8 6 .................................................. $ 150,000
8 7 ............................................... FTEs 1.00
8 8 The advocate shall be an engineer who the Iowa
8 9 comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund board
8 10 shall certify to install underground storage tanks and provide
8 11 fire safety and environmental protection guidelines for
8 12 removing underground storage tanks according to departmental
8 13 requirements.
8 14 Sec. 17. STORMWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT FEES == REDUCING
8 15 FLOODPLAIN PERMIT BACKLOG. Notwithstanding any contrary
8 16 provision of state law, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
8 17 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, the department of natural
8 18 resources may use additional moneys available to the
8 19 department collected from stormwater discharge permit fees for
8 20 the staffing of the following additional full=time equivalent
8 21 positions for the purposes designated:
8 22 For purposes of reducing the department's floodplain permit
8 23 backlog:
8 24 ............................................... FTEs 2.00
8 25 Sec. 18. STORMWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT FEES == IMPLEMENTING
8 26 THE FEDERAL TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD PROGRAM. Notwithstanding
8 27 any contrary provision of state law, for the fiscal year
8 28 beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, the
8 29 department of natural resources may use additional moneys
8 30 available to the department from stormwater discharge permit
8 31 fees for the staffing of the following additional full=time
8 32 equivalent positions for the purposes designated:
8 33 For purposes of implementing the federal total maximum
8 34 daily load program:
8 35 ............................................... FTEs 2.00
9 1 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
9 2 DESIGNATED APPROPRIATION
9 3 Sec. 19. AGRICULTURAL REMEDIATION FUND == OPEN FEEDLOT
9 4 WATER QUALITY RESEARCH PROJECT. There is appropriated from
9 5 the agrichemical remediation fund created in section 161.7 to
9 6 the Iowa state university of science and technology for the
9 7 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007,
9 8 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
9 9 be used for the purposes designated:
9 10 For purposes of supporting a water quality research project
9 11 which studies the effectiveness of alternative technologies
9 12 used to reduce risks to water quality from effluent
9 13 originating from open feedlots which house beef cattle:
9 14 .................................................. $ 100,000
9 15 In conducting the project, Iowa state university shall
9 16 cooperate with the Iowa cattlemen's association, the
9 17 department of natural resources, the department of agriculture
9 18 and land stewardship, and the United States department of
9 19 agriculture natural resource conservation service.
9 20 MISCELLANEOUS
9 21 Sec. 20. Section 455B.103A, subsection 4, Code Supplement
9 22 2005, is amended to read as follows:
9 23 4. An applicant to be covered under a general permit shall
9 24 pay a permit fee, as established by rule of the commission,
9 25 which is sufficient in the aggregate to defray the costs of
9 26 the permit program in section 455B.197. Moneys collected by
9 27 the department shall be remitted to credited by the department
9 28 to the national pollutant discharge elimination system permit
9 29 fund created in section 455B.196.
9 30 Sec. 21. Section 455B.105, subsection 11, Code Supplement
9 31 2005, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
9 32 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. The commission shall not adopt fees for
9 33 applications or permits related to the national pollutant
9 34 discharge elimination system which is provided for under
9 35 section 455B.197.
10 1 Sec. 22. NEW SECTION. 455B.196 NATIONAL POLLUTANT
10 2 DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT FUND.
10 3 1. A national pollutant discharge elimination system
10 4 permit fund is created as a separate fund in the state
10 5 treasury under the control of the department. The fund is
10 6 composed of moneys appropriated by the general assembly and
10 7 moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department
10 8 from the United States or private sources for placement in the
10 9 fund. The fund shall include moneys deposited into the fund
10 10 from fees charged for the processing of applications for the
10 11 issuance of permits related to the national pollutant
10 12 discharge elimination system as provided in section 455B.197.
10 13 2. Moneys in the national pollutant discharge elimination
10 14 system permit fund are appropriated to the department
10 15 exclusively to expedite the department's processing of
10 16 national pollutant discharge elimination system applications
10 17 and the issuance of permits.
10 18 3. Section 8.33 shall not apply to moneys credited to the
10 19 national pollutant discharge elimination system permit fund.
10 20 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, moneys earned as income or
10 21 interest from the fund shall remain in the fund until expended
10 22 as provided in this section.
10 23 Sec. 23. NEW SECTION. 455B.197 NATIONAL POLLUTANT
10 24 DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMITS.
10 25 The department may issue a permit related to the
10 26 administration of the national pollutant discharge elimination
10 27 system permit program pursuant to the federal Water Pollution
10 28 Control Act, 33 U.S.C. ch. 26, as amended, and 40 C.F.R., pt.
10 29 124 including but not limited to storm water discharge permits
10 30 issued pursuant to section 455B.103A. The department may
10 31 provide for the receipt of applications and the issuance of
10 32 permits as provided by rules adopted by the department which
10 33 are consistent with this section. The department shall assess
10 34 and collect fees for the processing of applications and the
10 35 issuance of permits as provided in this section. The
11 1 department shall deposit the fees into the national pollutant
11 2 discharge elimination system permit fund created in section
11 3 455B.196. The fees shall be established as follows:
11 4 1. For coverage under national pollutant discharge
11 5 elimination system (NPDES) general permits, the following fees
11 6 apply:
11 7 a. For a permit for storm water discharges associated with
11 8 industrial activity, NPDES general permit no. 1, the following
11 9 fee schedule shall apply:
11 10 (1) An annual permit, one hundred fifty dollars each year.
11 11 (2) For a multiyear permit, all of the following shall
11 12 apply:
11 13 (a) A three=year permit, three hundred dollars.
11 14 (b) A four=year permit, four hundred fifty dollars.
11 15 (c) A five=year permit, six hundred dollars.
11 16 b. For a permit for storm water discharges associated with
11 17 industrial activity for construction activities, NPDES general
11 18 permit no. 2, the following fee schedule shall apply:
11 19 (1) An annual permit, one hundred fifty dollars each year.
11 20 (2) For a multiyear permit, all of the following shall
11 21 apply:
11 22 (a) A three=year permit, three hundred dollars.
11 23 (b) A four=year permit, four hundred fifty dollars.
11 24 (c) A five=year permit, six hundred dollars.
11 25 c. For a permit for storm water discharges associated with
11 26 industrial activity, from asphalt plants, concrete batch
11 27 plants, and rock crushing plants, NPDES general permit no. 3,
11 28 the following fee schedule shall apply:
11 29 (1) An annual permit, one hundred fifty dollars each year.
11 30 (2) For a multiyear permit, all of the following shall
11 31 apply:
11 32 (a) A three=year permit, three hundred dollars.
11 33 (b) A four=year permit, four hundred fifty dollars.
11 34 (c) A five=year permit, six hundred dollars.
11 35 d. For a permit for the discharge from onsite wastewater
12 1 treatment and disposal systems, NPDES general permit no. 4, a
12 2 fee shall not be charged.
12 3 e. For a permit for the discharge from mining and
12 4 processing facilities, NPDES general permit no. 5, the
12 5 following fee schedule shall apply:
12 6 (1) An annual permit, one hundred twenty=five dollars each
12 7 year.
12 8 (2) For a multiyear permit, all of the following shall
12 9 apply:
12 10 (a) A three=year permit, three hundred dollars.
12 11 (b) A four=year permit, four hundred dollars.
12 12 (c) A five=year permit, five hundred dollars.
12 13 2. For coverage under the national pollutant discharge
12 14 elimination system (NPDES) individual permits for storm water,
12 15 the following fees apply:
12 16 a. For a permit for storm water discharge associated with
12 17 industrial activity where the storm water is composed entirely
12 18 of storm water or combined with process wastewater or other
12 19 nonstorm water wastewater, a five=year permit fee of one
12 20 thousand two hundred fifty dollars.
12 21 b. For a permit for storm water discharges from municipal
12 22 separate storm sewer systems, a five=year permit fee of one
12 23 thousand two hundred fifty dollars.
12 24 c. For a construction permit, an application fee of one
12 25 hundred dollars.
12 26 3. For coverage under the national pollutant discharge
12 27 elimination system (NPDES) individual permits for nonstorm
12 28 water, the following annual fees apply:
12 29 a. For a major municipal facility, one thousand dollars.
12 30 b. For a minor municipal facility, one hundred fifty
12 31 dollars.
12 32 c. For a semipublic facility, two hundred dollars.
12 33 d. For a facility that holds an operation permit, with no
12 34 wastewater discharge into surface waters, one hundred dollars.
12 35 e. For a municipal water treatment facility, a fee shall
13 1 not be charged.
13 2 f. For a major industrial facility, two thousand dollars.
13 3 g. For a minor industrial facility, one hundred seventy=
13 4 five dollars.
13 5 h. For a confinement feeding operation as provided in
13 6 chapter 459, one hundred fifty dollars.
13 7 i. For an open feedlot operation as provided in chapter
13 8 459A, an annual fee of two hundred fifty dollars.
13 9 j. For a new facility that that has not been issued a
13 10 current nonstorm water NPDES permit, a prorated amount which
13 11 shall be calculated by taking the annual fee amount multiplied
13 12 by the number of months remaining before the next annual fee
13 13 due date divided by twelve.
13 14 k. For a facility covered under an existing nonstorm water
13 15 NPDES permit, a prorated amount which shall be calculated by
13 16 taking the annual fee amount multiplied by the number of
13 17 months remaining before the next annual fee due date divided
13 18 by twelve.
13 19 l. For a nonstorm water permit as provided in this
13 20 subsection, a single application fee of eighty=five dollars.
13 21 Sec. 24. NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
13 22 PERMIT FUND == APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
13 23 RESOURCES. There is appropriated from the national pollutant
13 24 discharge elimination system permit fund created in section
13 25 455B.196 to the department of natural resources for the fiscal
13 26 year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, the
13 27 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
13 28 used for the purposes designated:
13 29 For purposes of expediting the department's processing of
13 30 national pollutant discharge elimination system applications
13 31 and the issuance of permits, including salaries, support,
13 32 maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
13 33 following full=time equivalent positions:
13 34 .................................................. $ 400,000
13 35 ............................................... FTEs 3.00
14 1 Sec. 25. NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
14 2 PERMIT FUND == APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC
14 3 DEVELOPMENT. There is appropriated from the national
14 4 pollutant discharge elimination system permit fund created in
14 5 section 455B.196 to the department of economic development for
14 6 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30,
14 7 2007, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
14 8 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
14 9 For purposes of expediting the department of natural
14 10 resources processing of national pollutant discharge
14 11 elimination system applications and the issuance of permits,
14 12 including salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
14 13 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
14 14 equivalent positions:
14 15 .................................................. $ 100,000
14 16 ............................................... FTEs 2.00
14 17 1. The department of economic development shall provide
14 18 one full=time equivalent position to support an environmental
14 19 advocate to provide technical assistance to persons engaged in
14 20 livestock operations who may require a national pollutant
14 21 discharge elimination system permit as provided in section
14 22 455B.197.
14 23 2. The department of economic development shall provide
14 24 one full=time equivalent position to support an environmental
14 25 advocate to provide technical assistance to persons who are
14 26 not engaged in livestock operations who may require a national
14 27 pollutant discharge elimination system permit as provided in
14 28 section 455B.197.
14 29 Sec. 26. TRAVEL POLICY.
14 30 1. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, each
14 31 department or independent agency receiving an appropriation in
14 32 this Act shall review the employee policy for daily or short=
14 33 term travel including but not limited to the usage of motor
14 34 pool vehicles under the department of administrative services,
14 35 employee mileage reimbursement for the use of a personal
15 1 vehicle, and the usage of private automobile rental companies.
15 2 Following the review, the department or agency shall implement
15 3 revisions in the employee policy for daily or short=term
15 4 travel as necessary to maximize cost savings.
15 5 2. Each department or independent agency subject to
15 6 subsection 1 shall report to the general assembly's standing
15 7 committees on government oversight regarding the policy
15 8 revisions implemented and the savings realized from the
15 9 changes. An initial report shall be submitted on or before
15 10 December 1, 2006, and a follow=up report shall be submitted on
15 11 or before December 1, 2007.
15 12 EXPLANATION
15 13 GENERAL. This bill relates to agriculture and natural
15 14 resources by making appropriations for the 2006=2007 fiscal
15 15 year to support related entities, including the department of
15 16 agriculture and land stewardship, the department of natural
15 17 resources, the department of economic development, and Iowa
15 18 state university.
15 19 The bill appropriates moneys to the department of
15 20 agriculture and land stewardship and the department of natural
15 21 resources. The appropriations are made to support those
15 22 departments for administration, regulation, and programs. The
15 23 bill also provides moneys to support specific programs or
15 24 projects administered by those departments. The bill
15 25 appropriates moneys from a number of sources, including the
15 26 general fund of the state, the state fish and game protection
15 27 fund, and the groundwater protection fund.
15 28 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP. For the
15 29 department of agriculture and land stewardship, moneys are
15 30 appropriated in order to support its divisions.
15 31 The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund to
15 32 support animal husbandry including for the administration of
15 33 the chronic wasting disease program, horse and dog racing,
15 34 dairy products control, avian influenza control, and apiary
15 35 regulation. The bill also appropriates moneys to reimburse
16 1 commissioners of soil and water conservation districts for
16 2 expenses, a senior farmers market nutrition program, and to
16 3 support the department's membership in a river association.
16 4 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. For the department of
16 5 natural resources, moneys are appropriated from the general
16 6 fund in order to support its divisions.
16 7 The bill makes appropriations from other funds. The bill
16 8 appropriates moneys to the department of natural resources
16 9 from the state fish and game protection fund for support
16 10 programs related to fish and wildlife. It requires the
16 11 department to contract with a person to provide training and
16 12 assistance to persons interested in activities involving the
16 13 use of firearms. The bill appropriates moneys from the
16 14 groundwater protection fund to support groundwater quality and
16 15 allocates some of those moneys to support a computer recycling
16 16 program.
16 17 The bill makes an appropriation from moneys transferred to
16 18 the state fish and game protection fund to support snowmobile
16 19 programs and enforce state navigation and water laws.
16 20 Two appropriations are made from the unassigned revenue
16 21 fund administered by the Iowa comprehensive underground
16 22 storage tank fund board. An appropriation is made to the
16 23 department of natural resources for administration and
16 24 expenses of the underground storage tank section. A second
16 25 appropriation is to support an environmental refueling systems
16 26 advocate to provide technical assistance to service stations
16 27 installing E=85 motor fuel infrastructure.
16 28 The bill provides that the department of natural resources
16 29 may use additional funds for staffing to reduce the
16 30 department's floodplain permit backlog. The bill provides
16 31 that the department may use additional funds available from
16 32 stormwater discharge permit fees for staffing required to
16 33 implement the federal maximum daily load program.
16 34 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY. The bill appropriates moneys to
16 35 Iowa state university to continue a project to perform water
17 1 quality research to determine methods to reduce risks to water
17 2 quality associated with open feedlot runoff.
17 3 MISCELLANEOUS. The bill provides for a schedule of fees to
17 4 be paid by persons submitting applications and obtaining
17 5 permits from the department of natural resources relating to
17 6 the national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES)
17 7 program.
17 8 The bill includes a directive for the departments and
17 9 independent agencies receiving an appropriation in the bill to
17 10 review employee policy for daily or short=term travel and to
17 11 implement policy revisions to maximize cost savings. The
17 12 directive includes requirements for reporting to the
17 13 committees on government oversight.
17 14 LSB 5190HB 81
17 15 da:jp/sh/8