House Study Bill 758 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            AGRICULTURE BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON MERTZ)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the state interagency Missouri river
  2    authority.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6189YC 82
  5 da/rj/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 28L.1, subsections 2 through 4, Code
  1  2 2007, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  The authority shall be responsible for representing the
  1  4 interests of this state with regard to its membership in the
  1  5 Missouri river basin association of states and tribes and to
  1  6 promote the management of the Missouri river in a manner that
  1  7 does not negatively impact landowners along the river or
  1  8 negatively impact the state's economy.  The Missouri river
  1  9 basin association of states and tribes is an interstate
  1 10 association of government representatives formed to seek
  1 11 consensus solutions to issues impacting the Missouri river
  1 12 basin.
  1 13    3.  The state interagency Missouri river authority shall
  1 14 not vote to approve or disapprove a substantive proposal or
  1 15 action being considered by the Missouri river basin
  1 16 association of states and tribes without the agreement of the
  1 17 directors of all four state departments and the chairperson of
  1 18 the utilities board who are members of the authority.  If a
  1 19 substantive proposal or action considered by the association
  1 20 is not approved or disapproved by all four directors and the
  1 21 chairperson of the utilities board, the state shall abstain
  1 22 from voting on the proposal or action.
  1 23    4.  The state interagency Missouri river authority shall
  1 24 meet regularly with stakeholder groups in this state to
  1 25 receive their recommendations before substantive proposals or
  1 26 actions are voted upon or to receive policy positions to
  1 27 submit to the Missouri river basin association of states and
  1 28 tribes.
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill amends provisions in Code section 28L.1, which
  1 31 creates the state interagency Missouri river authority.  The
  1 32 authority is responsible for representing the interests of
  1 33 this state on the Missouri river basin association and for
  1 34 promoting the management of the Missouri river in a manner
  1 35 that does not negatively impact landowners along the river or
  2  1 negatively impact the state's economy.  The bill changes the
  2  2 name of the Missouri river basin association to the Missouri
  2  3 river association of states and tribes.
  2  4 LSB 6189YC 82
  2  5 da/rj/5.1