Senate File 180 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  HAHN


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                 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 2579SS 81
  5 av/pj/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 161A.7, Code 2005, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  6A.  The commissioners shall not furnish
  1  4 labor, machinery, seed or other plant materials, required to
  1  5 install a soil and water conservation practice or an erosion
  1  6 control practice, if the installation is financed by state or
  1  7 federal moneys, including but not limited to cost=share moneys
  1  8 and other financial incentives as provided in division V, part
  1  9 2, of this chapter.  The commissioners may provide a list of
  1 10 private contractors who are available to furnish such labor,
  1 11 machinery, seed or other plant materials, for landowners or
  1 12 occupiers within the district.  This subsection shall not
  1 13 limit the commissioners from providing other assistance to
  1 14 landowners or occupiers as provided in this chapter, including
  1 15 planning or engineering services, or from making inspections
  1 16 of a practice being installed or after the practice is
  1 17 installed.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  350.4A  PROVISION OF SERVICES
  1 19 PROHIBITED.
  1 20    A county conservation board shall not furnish labor,
  1 21 machinery, seed or other plant materials, required for the
  1 22 installation of any new project, soil and water conservation
  1 23 practice, or erosion control practice if the installation is
  1 24 financed by state or federal moneys, including but not limited
  1 25 to cost=share moneys or other financial incentives.  The
  1 26 county conservation board may provide a list of private
  1 27 contractors who are available to furnish such labor,
  1 28 machinery, seed or other plant materials, for landowners or
  1 29 land occupiers within the county.  This section does not limit
  1 30 the county conservation board from providing other assistance
  1 31 to landowners or land occupiers authorized under this chapter.
  1 32                           EXPLANATION
  1 33    This bill relates to certain powers of soil and water
  1 34 conservation districts and county conservation boards.
  1 35    The bill provides that soil and water conservation
  2  1 districts shall not furnish labor, machinery, seed or other
  2  2 plant materials, required to install a soil and water
  2  3 conservation practice, or an erosion control practice and
  2  4 county conservation boards shall not furnish labor, machinery,
  2  5 seed or other plant materials, required to install any new
  2  6 project, soil and water conservation practice, or erosion
  2  7 control practice, if the installation is financed by state or
  2  8 federal moneys, including but not limited to cost=share moneys
  2  9 and other financial incentives.
  2 10    The bill also provides that soil and water conservation
  2 11 districts and county conservation boards are not prohibited
  2 12 from providing other assistance to landowners or land
  2 13 occupiers.
  2 14 LSB 2579SS 81
  2 15 av:nh/pj/5.1