House File 2373 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  REICHERT


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring a study concerning the water level of lake
  2    Odessa, making an appropriation to conduct the study, and
  3    providing an effective date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5587HH 82
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  1  1    Section 1.  LAKE ODESSA STUDY.  Iowa state university shall
  1  2 conduct a study of the environmental impact of maintaining the
  1  3 main water level of lake Odessa in Louisa county at four and
  1  4 three=fourths feet during the period from the Friday before
  1  5 Memorial Day to Labor Day and shall submit its findings and
  1  6 recommendations in a report to the general assembly and the
  1  7 department of natural resources by January 14, 2009.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the
  1  9 general fund of the state to Iowa state university the amount
  1 10 of two hundred fifty thousand dollars to conduct the study and
  1 11 prepare the report.
  1 12    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 13 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill requires Iowa state university to conduct a study
  1 16 of the environmental impact of maintaining the main water
  1 17 level of lake Odessa in Louisa county at four and
  1 18 three=fourths feet during the period from the Friday before
  1 19 Memorial Day to Labor Day and to submit a report of findings
  1 20 and recommendations to the general assembly and the department
  1 21 of natural resources by January 14, 2009.
  1 22    The bill appropriates $250,000 to the university to conduct
  1 23 the study and prepare the report.  The bill takes effect upon
  1 24 enactment.
  1 25 LSB 5587HH 82
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