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

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  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