Senate Resolution 50 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                       BY  DEARDEN
  1  3 A Resolution requesting the establishment of an
  1  4    interim study committee by the legislative
  1  5    council to conduct a study for purposes of
  1  6    determining how to best provide for a sustainable
  1  7    source or sources of funding for natural resources
  1  8    needs in this state.
  1  9    WHEREAS, a sustainable natural resource funding
  1 10 advisory committee was established in 2006 Iowa Acts,
  1 11 chapter 1185, section 43, for the purpose of studying
  1 12 how to best provide a sustainable source or sources of
  1 13 funding for natural resources needs in Iowa; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, according to 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1185,
  1 15 section 43, the sustainable natural resource funding
  1 16 advisory committee was required to prepare a report
  1 17 which provides information on what surrounding states
  1 18 have done to provide sustainable funding for natural
  1 19 resource conservation, outlines a conservation funding
  1 20 initiative, outlines the amount of revenue needed and
  1 21 items to be accomplished if the conservation funding
  1 22 initiative is implemented, and provides an analysis of
  1 23 Iowa's citizens' willingness to pay for an identified
  1 24 conservation funding initiative; and
  1 25    WHEREAS, there is significant need to continue a
  1 26 sustainable natural resource funding study in order to
  1 27 determine how best to provide for a sustainable source
  1 28 or sources of funding for natural resources needs,
  1 29 including the implementation of a conservation funding
  1 30 initiative; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  1    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the legislative
  2  2 council is requested to establish an interim study
  2  3 committee to continue to study how to best provide for
  2  4 a sustainable source or sources of funding for natural
  2  5 resources needs in this state, to provide necessary
  2  6 support in order to conduct the study, and to
  2  7 cooperate with interested persons including those
  2  8 persons who participated in the sustainable natural
  2  9 resource funding advisory committee.
  2 10 LSB 2938SS 82
  2 11 da:nh/gg/14