Senate File 2120 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY JOHNSON Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing compensation and expenses for certain members of 2 the watershed improvement review board and providing an 3 appropriation. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 6097SS 82 6 da/nh/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 466A.3, Code 2007, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. A voting member other than a 1 4 representative of a state agency shall be compensated as 1 5 provided in section 7E.6 and is allowed actual and necessary 1 6 expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The 1 7 moneys used to pay for compensation and expenses shall be paid 1 8 from available interest or earnings on moneys in the fund. 1 9 EXPLANATION 1 10 This bill provides that voting public members serving on 1 11 the watershed improvement review board are entitled to receive 1 12 per diem and expenses, to be paid from interest or earnings on 1 13 moneys in the watershed improvement fund. 1 14 The voting public members include persons associated with 1 15 organizations concerned with agribusiness, the environment, 1 16 agricultural producers, and natural resource and wildlife 1 17 conservation. The board also includes representatives from 1 18 the department of natural resources and the department of 1 19 agriculture and land stewardship and four members of the 1 20 general assembly. The board uses moneys in the fund to 1 21 approve grants to assist local communities in carrying out 1 22 water quality improvement projects. 1 23 LSB 6097SS 82 1 24 da/nh/14