Senate Study Bill 1305
SENATE/HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY JOINT
APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE
ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL
RESOURCES)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to and making appropriations involving state
2 government, by providing for agriculture, natural resources,
3 and environmental protection.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 DIVISION I
1 2 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP
1 3 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS
1 4 Section 1. GENERAL FUND == DEPARTMENT. There is
1 5 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
1 6 department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal
1 7 year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
1 8 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
1 9 used for the purposes designated:
1 10 For purposes of supporting the department, including its
1 11 divisions, for administration, regulation, and programs, for
1 12 salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and
1 13 for not more than the following full=time equivalent
1 14 positions:
1 15 .................................................. $ 18,384,862
1 16 ............................................... FTEs 444.6
1 17 DESIGNATED APPROPRIATIONS == ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
1 18 Sec. 2. GENERAL FUND == CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CONTROL
1 19 PROGRAM. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
1 20 state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship
1 21 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June
1 22 30, 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
1 23 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1 24 For purposes of administering a chronic wasting disease
1 25 control program for the control of chronic wasting disease
1 26 which threatens farm deer as provided in chapter 170,
1 27 including for salaries, support, maintenance, and
1 28 miscellaneous purposes:
1 29 .................................................. $ 100,000
1 30 The program may include procedures for the inspection and
1 31 testing of farm deer, responses to reported cases of chronic
1 32 wasting disease, and methods to ensure that owners of farm
1 33 deer may engage in the movement and sale of farm deer.
1 34 Sec. 3. HORSE AND DOG RACING. There is appropriated from
1 35 the moneys available under section 99D.13 to the department of
2 1 agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal year beginning
2 2 July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the following amount,
2 3 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
2 4 purposes designated:
2 5 For purposes of supporting the department's administration
2 6 and enforcement of horse and dog racing law pursuant to
2 7 section 99D.22, including for salaries, support, maintenance,
2 8 and miscellaneous purposes:
2 9 .................................................. $ 305,516
2 10 Sec. 4. GENERAL FUND == DAIRY PRODUCTS CONTROL. There is
2 11 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
2 12 department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal
2 13 year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
2 14 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
2 15 used for the purposes designated:
2 16 For purposes of supporting the operations of the dairy
2 17 products control bureau, including for salaries, support,
2 18 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
2 19 .................................................. $ 951,666
2 20 Sec. 5. GENERAL FUND == AVIAN INFLUENZA CONTROL. There is
2 21 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
2 22 department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal
2 23 year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
2 24 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
2 25 used for the purpose designated:
2 26 For purposes of controlling avian influenza by conducting
2 27 testing and monitoring:
2 28 .................................................. $ 50,000
2 29 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
2 30 section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
2 31 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
2 32 to be used for the continued testing and monitoring of avian
2 33 influenza.
2 34 DESIGNATED APPROPRIATION == PLANT PROTECTION AND
2 35 CROP PRODUCTION
3 1 Sec. 6. GENERAL FUND == APIARY LAW. There is appropriated
3 2 from the general fund of the state to the department of
3 3 agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal year beginning
3 4 July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the following amount,
3 5 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
3 6 purposes designated:
3 7 For purposes of administering and enforcing apiary law as
3 8 provided in chapter 160, including for salaries, support,
3 9 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
3 10 .................................................. $ 40,000
3 11 Sec. 7. GYPSY MOTH CONTROL. There is appropriated from
3 12 the general fund of the state to the department of agriculture
3 13 and land stewardship for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
3 14 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the following amount, or so
3 15 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
3 16 designated:
3 17 For the control of the pest commonly referred to as the
3 18 gypsy moth, including but not limited to the detection,
3 19 surveillance, and eradication of the gypsy moth:
3 20 .................................................. $ 75,000
3 21 Sec. 8. EMERALD ASH BORER PUBLIC AWARENESS PROJECT. There
3 22 is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
3 23 department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal
3 24 year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
3 25 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
3 26 used for the purposes designated:
3 27 For the support of a public awareness project to inform
3 28 persons regarding the presence and danger of the pest commonly
3 29 known as the emerald ash borer:
3 30 .................................................. $ 25,000
3 31 Sec. 9. GENERAL FUND == SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
3 32 DISTRICTS. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
3 33 state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship
3 34 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June
3 35 30, 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
4 1 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
4 2 For purposes of reimbursing commissioners of soil and water
4 3 conservation districts for administrative expenses including
4 4 but not limited to travel expenses, technical training, and
4 5 professional dues:
4 6 .................................................. $ 250,000
4 7 A soil and water conservation district receiving moneys
4 8 from an allocation provided pursuant to this section shall
4 9 submit a report to the soil conservation division of the
4 10 department of agriculture and land stewardship by July 1,
4 11 2008, accounting for moneys which have been expended or
4 12 unexpended or which have been obligated or encumbered. The
4 13 report shall state how the moneys were used.
4 14 DESIGNATED APPROPRIATIONS == FOOD MARKETING AND SECURITY
4 15 Sec. 10. GENERAL FUND == SENIOR FARMERS MARKET NUTRITION
4 16 PROGRAM. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
4 17 state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship
4 18 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June
4 19 30, 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
4 20 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
4 21 For purposes of administering a senior farmers market
4 22 nutrition program, including salaries, support, maintenance,
4 23 and miscellaneous purposes:
4 24 .................................................. $ 77,000
4 25 Sec. 11. EMERGENCY VETERINARIAN RAPID RESPONSE SERVICES
4 26 PROGRAM. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
4 27 state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship
4 28 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June
4 29 30, 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
4 30 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
4 31 For purposes of supporting veterinary emergency
4 32 preparedness and response services necessary to prevent or
4 33 control a serious threat to the public health, public safety,
4 34 or the state's economy caused by the transmission of disease
4 35 among livestock or agricultural animals, including as provided
5 1 in section 163.3A:
5 2 .................................................. $ 130,000
5 3 Sec. 12. ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. There is
5 4 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
5 5 department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal
5 6 year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
5 7 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
5 8 used for the purposes designated:
5 9 For purposes of supporting the department's regulation and
5 10 promotion of organic agricultural products as provided in
5 11 chapter 190C, including salaries, support, maintenance,
5 12 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
5 13 full=time equivalent positions:
5 14 .................................................. $ 54,671
5 15 ............................................... FTEs 1.00
5 16 DIVISION II
5 17 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
5 18 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS
5 19 Sec. 13. GENERAL FUND == DEPARTMENT. There is
5 20 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
5 21 department of natural resources for the fiscal year beginning
5 22 July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the following amount,
5 23 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
5 24 purposes designated:
5 25 For purposes of supporting the department, including its
5 26 divisions, for administration, regulation, and programs, for
5 27 salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and
5 28 for not more than the following full=time equivalent
5 29 positions:
5 30 .................................................. $ 19,137,968
5 31 ............................................... FTEs 1,143.43
5 32 Sec. 14. STATE FISH AND GAME PROTECTION FUND == DIVISION
5 33 OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.
5 34 1. a. There is appropriated from the state fish and game
5 35 protection fund to the department of natural resources for the
6 1 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008,
6 2 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
6 3 be used for the purposes designated:
6 4 For purposes of supporting the division of fish and
6 5 wildlife, including for administration, regulation, and
6 6 programs, and for salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
6 7 and miscellaneous purposes:
6 8 .................................................. $ 36,371,314
6 9 b. Notwithstanding section 455A.10, the department may use
6 10 the unappropriated balance remaining in the state fish and
6 11 game protection fund to provide for the funding of health and
6 12 life insurance premium payments from unused sick leave
6 13 balances of conservation peace officers employed in a
6 14 protection occupation who retire, pursuant to section 97B.49B.
6 15 2. The department shall not expend more moneys from the
6 16 state fish and game protection fund than provided in this
6 17 section, unless the expenditure derives from contributions
6 18 made by a private entity, or a grant or moneys received from
6 19 the federal government, and is approved by the natural
6 20 resource commission. The department of natural resources
6 21 shall promptly notify the legislative services agency and the
6 22 chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations
6 23 subcommittee on agriculture and natural resources concerning
6 24 the commission's approval.
6 25 Sec. 15. GROUNDWATER PROTECTION FUND == WATER QUALITY.
6 26 There is appropriated from the groundwater protection fund
6 27 created in section 455E.11 to the department of natural
6 28 resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
6 29 ending June 30, 2008, from those moneys which are not
6 30 allocated pursuant to that section, the following amount, or
6 31 so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
6 32 designated:
6 33 For purposes of supporting the department's protection of
6 34 the state's groundwater, including for administration,
6 35 regulation, and programs, and for salaries, support,
7 1 maintenance, equipment, and miscellaneous purposes:
7 2 .................................................. $ 3,455,832
7 3 Sec. 16. NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
7 4 PERMIT FUND. There is appropriated from the national
7 5 pollutant discharge elimination system permit fund created in
7 6 section 455B.196 to the department of natural resources for
7 7 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30,
7 8 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
7 9 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
7 10 For purposes of expediting the department's processing of
7 11 national pollutant discharge elimination system applications
7 12 and the issuance of permits, including salaries, support,
7 13 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
7 14 .................................................. $ 700,000
7 15 DESIGNATED APPROPRIATIONS == MISCELLANEOUS
7 16 Sec. 17. UNASSIGNED REVENUE FUND == UNDERGROUND STORAGE
7 17 TANK SECTION EXPENSES. There is appropriated from the
7 18 unassigned revenue fund administered by the Iowa comprehensive
7 19 underground storage tank fund board, to the department of
7 20 natural resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007,
7 21 and ending June 30, 2008, the following amount, or so much
7 22 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
7 23 designated:
7 24 For purposes of paying for administration expenses of the
7 25 department's underground storage tank section:
7 26 .................................................. $ 200,000
7 27 Sec. 18. STORMWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT FEES == SUPPORT FOR
7 28 SPECIAL PURPOSES. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of
7 29 state law, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and
7 30 ending June 30, 2007, the department of natural resources may
7 31 use additional moneys available to the department collected
7 32 from storm water discharge permit fees as provided in section
7 33 455B.103A or 455B.197 for the staffing of the following
7 34 additional full=time equivalent positions for the purposes
7 35 designated:
8 1 1. For purposes of reducing the department's floodplain
8 2 permit backlog:
8 3 ................................................. FTEs 2.00
8 4 2. For purposes of implementing the federal total maximum
8 5 daily load program:
8 6 ................................................. FTEs 2.00
8 7 DIVISION III
8 8 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
8 9 Sec. 19. AGRICULTURAL REMEDIATION FUND == OPEN FEEDLOT
8 10 WATER QUALITY RESEARCH PROJECT. There is appropriated from
8 11 the agrichemical remediation fund created in section 161.7 to
8 12 the Iowa state university of science and technology for the
8 13 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008,
8 14 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
8 15 be used for the purposes designated:
8 16 For purposes of supporting a water quality research project
8 17 which studies the effectiveness of alternative technologies
8 18 used to reduce risks to water quality from effluent
8 19 originating from open feedlots which house beef cattle:
8 20 .................................................. $ 50,000
8 21 In conducting the project, Iowa state university shall
8 22 cooperate with the Iowa cattlemen's association, the
8 23 department of natural resources, the department of agriculture
8 24 and land stewardship, and the United States department of
8 25 agriculture natural resource conservation service.
8 26 Sec. 20. VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY.
8 27 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
8 28 state to Iowa state university of science and technology for
8 29 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30,
8 30 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
8 31 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
8 32 For purposes of supporting the college of veterinary
8 33 medicine for the operation of the veterinary diagnostic
8 34 laboratory:
8 35 .................................................. $ 2,000,000
9 1 2. Iowa state university of science and technology shall
9 2 not reduce the amount that it allocates to support the college
9 3 of veterinary medicine from any other source due to the
9 4 appropriation made in this section.
9 5 3. If by the end of the fiscal year, Iowa state university
9 6 of science and technology fails to allocate the moneys
9 7 appropriated in this section to the college of veterinary
9 8 science in accordance with this section, the moneys
9 9 appropriated in this section for that fiscal year shall revert
9 10 to the general fund of the state.
9 11 Sec. 21. VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY == FUTURE YEARS.
9 12 It is the intent of the general assembly that a future general
9 13 assembly appropriate moneys to Iowa state university of
9 14 science and technology for the designated fiscal years, or so
9 15 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
9 16 designated:
9 17 For purposes of supporting the college of veterinary
9 18 medicine for the operation of the veterinary diagnostic
9 19 laboratory:
9 20 1. FY 2008=2009................................ $ 3,000,000
9 21 2. FY 2009=2010................................ $ 4,000,000
9 22 DIVISION IV
9 23 ENVIRONMENT FIRST FUND
9 24 Sec. 22. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP.
9 25 There is appropriated from the environment first fund created
9 26 in section 8.57A to the department of agriculture and land
9 27 stewardship for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
9 28 ending June 30, 2008, the following amounts, or so much
9 29 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
9 30 designated:
9 31 1. a. For the conservation reserve enhancement program
9 32 (CREP) to restore and construct wetlands for the purposes of
9 33 intercepting tile line runoff, reducing nutrient loss,
9 34 improving water quality, and enhancing agricultural production
9 35 practices:
10 1 .................................................. $ 1,500,000
10 2 b. Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in
10 3 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
10 4 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
10 5 2. a. For continuation of a program that provides
10 6 multiobjective resource protections for flood control, water
10 7 quality, erosion control, and natural resource conservation:
10 8 .................................................. $ 2,550,000
10 9 b. Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in
10 10 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
10 11 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
10 12 3. a. For continuation of a statewide voluntary farm
10 13 management demonstration program to demonstrate the
10 14 effectiveness and adaptability of emerging practices in
10 15 agronomy that protect water resources and provide other
10 16 environmental benefits:
10 17 .................................................. $ 850,000
10 18 b. Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in
10 19 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
10 20 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
10 21 c. Of the amount appropriated in paragraph "a", $400,000
10 22 shall be allocated to the Iowa soybean association's
10 23 agriculture and environment performance program.
10 24 4. a. For deposit in the agricultural drainage well water
10 25 quality assistance fund created in section 460.303 to be used
10 26 for purposes of supporting the agricultural drainage well
10 27 water quality assistance program as provided in section
10 28 460.304:
10 29 .................................................. $ 1,500,000
10 30 b. Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in
10 31 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
10 32 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
10 33 5. a. For use by the soil conservation division, to
10 34 provide financial assistance for the establishment of
10 35 permanent soil and water conservation practices:
11 1 .................................................. $ 7,000,000
11 2 b. Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in
11 3 paragraph "a" may be allocated for cost=sharing to abate
11 4 complaints filed under section 161A.47.
11 5 c. Of the moneys appropriated in paragraph "a", 5 percent
11 6 shall be allocated for financial incentives to establish
11 7 practices to protect watersheds above publicly owned lakes of
11 8 the state from soil erosion and sediment as provided in
11 9 section 161A.73.
11 10 d. Not more than 30 percent of a soil and water
11 11 conservation district's allocation of moneys as financial
11 12 incentives may be provided for the purpose of establishing
11 13 management practices to control soil erosion on land that is
11 14 row=cropped, including but not limited to no=till planting,
11 15 ridge=till planting, contouring, and contour strip=cropping as
11 16 provided in section 161A.73.
11 17 e. The state soil conservation committee created in
11 18 section 161A.4 may allocate moneys appropriated in paragraph
11 19 "a" to conduct research and demonstration projects to promote
11 20 conservation tillage and nonpoint source pollution control
11 21 practices.
11 22 f. The allocation of moneys as financial incentives as
11 23 provided in section 161A.73 may be used in combination with
11 24 moneys allocated by the department of natural resources.
11 25 g. Not more than 10 percent of the moneys appropriated in
11 26 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
11 27 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
11 28 6. a. To encourage and assist farmers in enrolling in and
11 29 the implementation of federal conservation programs and to
11 30 work with them to enhance their revegetation efforts to
11 31 improve water quality and habitat:
11 32 .................................................. $ 1,500,000
11 33 b. Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in
11 34 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
11 35 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
12 1 7. a. For deposit in the loess hills development and
12 2 conservation fund created in section 161D.2:
12 3 .................................................. $ 600,000
12 4 b. (1) Of the amount appropriated in paragraph "a",
12 5 $400,000 shall be allocated to the fund's hungry canyons
12 6 account.
12 7 (2) Not more than 10 percent of the moneys allocated to
12 8 the hungry canyons account as provided in subparagraph (1) may
12 9 be used for administrative costs.
12 10 c. (1) Of the amount appropriated in paragraph "a",
12 11 $200,000 shall be allocated to the fund's loess hills alliance
12 12 account.
12 13 (2) Not more than 10 percent of the moneys allocated to
12 14 the loess hills alliance account as provided in subparagraph
12 15 (1) may be used for administrative costs.
12 16 8. a. For deposit in the southern Iowa development and
12 17 conservation fund created in section 161D.12:
12 18 .................................................. $ 300,000
12 19 b. Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in
12 20 paragraph "a" may be used for administrative costs.
12 21 Sec. 23. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. There is
12 22 appropriated from the environment first fund created in
12 23 section 8.57A to the department of economic development for
12 24 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30,
12 25 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
12 26 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
12 27 For deposit in the brownfield redevelopment fund created in
12 28 section 15.293 to provide financial and technical assistance
12 29 under the brownfield redevelopment program as provided in
12 30 section 15.292:
12 31 .................................................. $ 500,000
12 32 Sec. 24. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. There is
12 33 appropriated from the environment first fund created in
12 34 section 8.57A to the department of natural resources for the
12 35 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008,
13 1 the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
13 2 be used for the purposes designated:
13 3 1. For statewide coordination of volunteer efforts under
13 4 the water quality and keepers of the land programs:
13 5 .................................................. $ 100,000
13 6 2. For regular maintenance of state parks and staff time
13 7 associated with these activities:
13 8 .................................................. $ 2,490,000
13 9 3. To provide local watershed managers with geographic
13 10 information system data for their use in developing,
13 11 monitoring, and displaying results of their watershed work:
13 12 .................................................. $ 195,000
13 13 4. For continuing the establishment and operation of water
13 14 quality monitoring stations:
13 15 .................................................. $ 2,955,000
13 16 5. For deposit in the public water supply system account
13 17 of the water quality protection fund created in section
13 18 455B.183A:
13 19 .................................................. $ 500,000
13 20 6. a. For the regulation of animal feeding operations,
13 21 including as provided for in chapters 459 and 459A:
13 22 .................................................. $ 400,000
13 23 b. For full=time personnel to conduct air quality
13 24 monitoring associated with animal feeding operations under
13 25 section 459.207, which may include but is not limited to
13 26 staffing required to perform field monitoring and laboratory
13 27 functions, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
13 28 miscellaneous purposes:
13 29 .................................................. $ 235,000
13 30 c. For the development of an electronic system, including
13 31 databases required for the processing of documents including
13 32 permit applications and manure management plans, associated
13 33 with the regulation of confinement feeding operations as
13 34 provided in section 459.302:
13 35 .................................................. $ 50,000
14 1 7. For the abatement, control, and prevention of ambient
14 2 air pollution in this state, including measures as necessary
14 3 to assure attainment and maintenance of ambient air quality
14 4 standards from particulate matter:
14 5 .................................................. $ 325,000
14 6 8. For regulating water quantity from surface and
14 7 subsurface sources by providing for the allocation and use of
14 8 water resources, the protection and management of water
14 9 resources, and the preclusion of conflicts among users of
14 10 water resources, including as provided in chapter 455B,
14 11 division III, part 4:
14 12 .................................................. $ 500,000
14 13 9. a. For resource conservation and development
14 14 associated with the development of projects relating to
14 15 natural resource=based business opportunities:
14 16 .................................................. $ 300,000
14 17 b. Local resource conservation and development groups
14 18 sponsored by county governments or sponsored by soil and water
14 19 conservation districts shall be eligible to receive moneys
14 20 appropriated in paragraph "a" on the condition that such
14 21 groups receive the moneys on a dollar=for=dollar matching
14 22 basis.
14 23 Sec. 25. IOWA RESOURCES ENHANCEMENT AND PROTECTION FUND.
14 24 Notwithstanding the amount of the standing appropriation from
14 25 the general fund of the state to the Iowa resources
14 26 enhancement and protection fund as provided in section
14 27 455A.18, there is appropriated from the environment first fund
14 28 created in section 8.57A to the Iowa resources enhancement and
14 29 protection fund, in lieu of the appropriation made in section
14 30 455A.18, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
14 31 ending June 30, 2008, the following amount, to be allocated as
14 32 provided in section 455A.19:
14 33 .................................................. $ 15,500,000
14 34 Sec. 26. REVERSION.
14 35 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, and notwithstanding
15 1 section 8.33, moneys appropriated for the fiscal year
15 2 beginning July 1, 2007, in this division of this Act that
15 3 remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal
15 4 year shall not revert but shall remain available for the
15 5 purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year
15 6 beginning July 1, 2008, or until the project for which the
15 7 appropriation was made is completed, whichever is earlier.
15 8 2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
15 9 this division of this Act to the department of agriculture and
15 10 land stewardship to provide financial assistance for the
15 11 establishment of permanent soil and water conservation
15 12 practices that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
15 13 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
15 14 for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
15 15 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010.
15 16 DIVISION V
15 17 CODE LANGUAGE == EMERGENCY PLANNING
15 18 Sec. 27. Section 30.5, subsection 2, Code 2007, is amended
15 19 to read as follows:
15 20 2. The commission may enter into agreements pursuant to
15 21 chapter 28E to accomplish any duty imposed upon the commission
15 22 by the Emergency Planning and Community Right=to=know Act, but
15 23 the commission shall not compensate any governmental unit for
15 24 the performance of duties pursuant to such an agreement.
15 25 Funding for administering the duties of the commission under
15 26 sections 30.7, 30.8, and 30.9 shall be included in the budgets
15 27 of the department of workforce development, the department of
15 28 natural resources, and the department of public defense,
15 29 respectively.
15 30 Sec. 28. Section 30.7, Code 2007, is amended to read as
15 31 follows:
15 32 30.7 DUTIES TO BE ALLOCATED TO DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE
15 33 DEVELOPMENT NATURAL RESOURCES == EMERGENCY AND HAZARDOUS
15 34 CHEMICALS.
15 35 Agreements negotiated by the commission and the department
16 1 of workforce development natural resources shall provide for
16 2 the allocation of duties to the department of workforce
16 3 development natural resources as follows:
16 4 1. Material safety data sheets or a list for chemicals
16 5 required to be submitted to the commission under section 311
16 6 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right=to=know Act, 42
16 7 U.S.C. } 11021, shall be submitted to the department of
16 8 workforce development natural resources. Submission to that
16 9 department constitutes compliance with the requirement for
16 10 notification to the commission.
16 11 2. Emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms
16 12 required to be submitted to the commission under section 312
16 13 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right=to=know Act, 42
16 14 U.S.C. } 11022, shall be submitted to the department of
16 15 workforce development natural resources. Submission to that
16 16 department constitutes compliance with the requirement for
16 17 notification to the commission.
16 18 3. The department of workforce development natural
16 19 resources shall advise the commission of the failure of any
16 20 facility owner or operator to submit information as required
16 21 under sections 311 and 312 of the Emergency Planning and
16 22 Community Right=to=know Act, 42 U.S.C. } 11021 and 11022.
16 23 4. The department of workforce development natural
16 24 resources shall make available to the public upon request
16 25 during normal working hours the information forms in its
16 26 possession pursuant to sections 312 and 324 of the Emergency
16 27 Planning and Community Right=to=know Act, 42 U.S.C. } 11022
16 28 and 11044.
16 29 5. The department of workforce development natural
16 30 resources shall compile data or information from the emergency
16 31 and hazardous chemical inventory forms required to be
16 32 submitted to the commission under section 312 of the Emergency
16 33 Planning and Community Right=to=know Act, 42 U.S.C. } 11022.
16 34 Sec. 29. Section 84A.5, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
16 35 amended to read as follows:
17 1 3. The division of labor services is responsible for the
17 2 administration of the laws of this state under chapters 88,
17 3 88A, 88B, 89, 89A, 89B, 90A, 91, 91A, 91C, 91D, 91E, 92, and
17 4 94A, and sections 30.7 and section 85.68. The executive head
17 5 of the division is the labor commissioner, appointed pursuant
17 6 to section 91.2.
17 7 Sec. 30. Section 91.4, subsection 5, Code 2007, is amended
17 8 to read as follows:
17 9 5. The director of the department of workforce
17 10 development, in consultation with the labor commissioner,
17 11 shall, at the time provided by law, make an annual report to
17 12 the governor setting forth in appropriate form the business
17 13 and expense of the division of labor services for the
17 14 preceding year, the number of disputes or violations processed
17 15 by the division and the disposition of the disputes or
17 16 violations, and other matters pertaining to the division which
17 17 are of public interest, together with recommendations for
17 18 change or amendment of the laws in this chapter and chapters
17 19 88, 88A, 88B, 89, 89A, 89B, 90A, 91A, 91C, 91D, 91E, 92, and
17 20 94A, and sections 30.7 and section 85.68, and the
17 21 recommendations, if any, shall be transmitted by the governor
17 22 to the first general assembly in session after the report is
17 23 filed.
17 24 DIVISION VI
17 25 CODE LANGUAGE == LOESS HILLS DEVELOPMENT AND
17 26 CONSERVATION AUTHORITY
17 27 Sec. 31. Section 161D.1, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
17 28 amended to read as follows:
17 29 1. A loess hills development and conservation authority is
17 30 created. The counties of Adams, Adair, Audubon, Carroll,
17 31 Cass, Cherokee, Crawford, Fremont, Guthrie, Harrison, Ida,
17 32 Lyon, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Plymouth,
17 33 Pottawattamie, Sac, Shelby, Sioux, Plymouth, Cherokee, Taylor,
17 34 and Woodbury, Ida, Sac, Monona, Crawford, Carroll, Harrison,
17 35 Shelby, Audubon, Pottawattamie, Cass, Adair, Mills,
18 1 Montgomery, Adams, Fremont, Page, and Taylor are entitled to
18 2 one voting member each on the authority, but membership or
18 3 participation in projects of the authority is not required.
18 4 Each member of the authority shall be appointed by the
18 5 respective board of supervisors for a term to be determined by
18 6 each board of supervisors, but the term shall not be for less
18 7 than one year. An appointee shall serve without compensation,
18 8 but an appointee may be reimbursed for actual expenses
18 9 incurred while performing the duties of the authority as
18 10 determined by each board of supervisors. The authority shall
18 11 meet, organize, and adopt rules of procedures as deemed
18 12 necessary to carry out its duties. The authority may appoint
18 13 working committees that include other individuals in addition
18 14 to voting members.
18 15 DIVISION VII
18 16 CODE LANGUAGE == SPECIAL FUNDS
18 17 Sec. 32. Section 321G.1, Code 2007, is amended by adding
18 18 the following new subsection:
18 19 NEW SUBSECTION. 19A. "State fish and game protection
18 20 fund" means the fund provided for in section 456A.17.
18 21 Sec. 33. Section 321G.6, Code 2007, is amended by adding
18 22 the following new subsections:
18 23 NEW SUBSECTION. 7. Within ten days after the end of each
18 24 month, a county recorder shall remit moneys from registration
18 25 fees collected by the county recorder during the previous
18 26 month to the treasurer of state. The treasurer of state shall
18 27 credit the moneys to the state fish and game protection fund
18 28 for appropriation to support snowmobile programs pursuant to
18 29 section 321G.7.
18 30 NEW SUBSECTION. 8. Before January 10 of each year, a
18 31 county recorder shall remit unused license forms from the
18 32 previous year to the department as provided by the department.
18 33 Sec. 34. Section 321G.7, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
18 34 2007, is amended by striking the unnumbered paragraph.
18 35 Sec. 35. Section 321G.7, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
19 1 2007, is amended to read as follows:
19 2 1. The department shall remit the This section applies to
19 3 moneys from snowmobile fees collected pursuant to this chapter
19 4 which are to be remitted to the treasurer of state and
19 5 credited to the state fish and game protection fund, including
19 6 user permit fees collected pursuant to section 321G.4A, to the
19 7 treasurer of state, who shall place the money in a special
19 8 snowmobile fund registration fees collected pursuant to
19 9 section 321G.6, safety certificate fees collected under
19 10 section 321G.24, of title fees collected pursuant to section
19 11 321G.30, and application fees for security interests as
19 12 provided in section 321G.32.
19 13 2. The money is Moneys credited to the state fish and game
19 14 protection fund from snowmobile fees are appropriated to the
19 15 department for the to support snowmobile programs of the
19 16 state. The programs shall include grants, subgrants,
19 17 contracts, or cost=sharing of snowmobile programs with
19 18 political subdivisions or incorporated private organizations
19 19 or both in accordance with rules adopted by the commission.
19 20 Snowmobile fees may be used to support snowmobile programs on
19 21 a usage basis. At least fifty percent of the special fund
19 22 moneys shall be made available for political subdivisions or
19 23 incorporated private organizations or both. Moneys from the
19 24 special fund that are not used by the political subdivisions
19 25 or incorporated private organizations or both shall remain in
19 26 the state fish and game protection fund and may be used by the
19 27 department for the administration of the snowmobile programs.
19 28 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the special fund shall
19 29 not revert to the general fund of the state at the end of a
19 30 fiscal year. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2,
19 31 interest or earnings on moneys in the special fund shall
19 32 remain in the fund.
19 33 Sec. 36. Section 321G.24, subsection 4, Code 2007, is
19 34 amended to read as follows:
19 35 4. The permit safety certificate fees collected under
20 1 pursuant to this section shall be credited to the special
20 2 snowmobile state fish and game protection fund created under
20 3 for appropriation as provided in section 321G.7 and shall be
20 4 used for safety and educational programs.
20 5 Sec. 37. Section 321G.30, subsection 5, Code 2007, is
20 6 amended to read as follows:
20 7 5. Five dollars of the certificate of title fees collected
20 8 under this section shall be remitted by the county recorder to
20 9 the treasurer of state for deposit in the special snowmobile
20 10 to be credited to the state fish and game protection fund
20 11 created under for appropriation as provided in section 321G.7.
20 12 The remaining five dollars shall be retained by the county and
20 13 deposited into the general fund of the county.
20 14 Sec. 38. Section 321G.32, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
20 15 2007, is amended to read as follows:
20 16 b. The application fee for a security interest is ten
20 17 dollars. Five dollars of the fee shall be credited to the
20 18 special snowmobile state fish and game protection fund created
20 19 under for use as provided in section 321G.7. The remaining
20 20 five dollars shall be retained by the county and deposited
20 21 into the general fund of the county.
20 22 Sec. 39. Section 331.427, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
20 23 amended to read as follows:
20 24 1. Except as otherwise provided by state law, county
20 25 revenues from taxes and other sources for general county
20 26 services shall be credited to the general fund of the county,
20 27 including revenues received under sections 9I.11, 101A.3,
20 28 101A.7, 123.36, 123.143, 142B.6, 176A.8, 321.105, 321.152,
20 29 321G.7, 321I.8, section 331.554, subsection 6, sections
20 30 341A.20, 364.3, 368.21, 423A.7, 428A.8, 430A.3, 433.15,
20 31 434.19, 445.57, 453A.35, 458A.21, 483A.12, 533.24, 556B.1,
20 32 583.6, 602.8108, 904.908, and 906.17, and the following:
20 33 Sec. 40. Section 452A.79A, subsection 1, as enacted by
20 34 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1179, section 60, is amended to read
20 35 as follows:
21 1 1. A marine fuel tax fund is created under the authority
21 2 of the department of natural resources.
21 3 a. The fund shall consist of all revenues derived from the
21 4 excise tax on the sale of motor fuel used in watercraft as
21 5 provided in section 452A.84 and other moneys appropriated to
21 6 the fund.
21 7 b. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest
21 8 or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the
21 9 fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any moneys credited to
21 10 the fund from another fund shall not revert to the fund from
21 11 which appropriated at the close of a fiscal year.
21 12 Sec. 41. Section 452A.79A, subsection 2, unnumbered
21 13 paragraph 1, as enacted by 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1179,
21 14 section 60, is amended to read as follows:
21 15 Moneys in the marine fuel tax fund in a fiscal year shall
21 16 be used as appropriated by the general assembly are
21 17 appropriated to the department of natural resources for use by
21 18 the department of natural resources in its recreational
21 19 boating program, which may include but is not limited to any
21 20 of the following:
21 21 EXPLANATION
21 22 GENERAL. This bill relates to agriculture and natural
21 23 resources by making appropriations for the 2007=2008 fiscal
21 24 year to support related entities, including the department of
21 25 agriculture and land stewardship, the department of natural
21 26 resources, the department of economic development, and Iowa
21 27 state university.
21 28 The bill appropriates moneys to the department of
21 29 agriculture and land stewardship and the department of natural
21 30 resources. The appropriations are made to support those
21 31 departments for administration, regulation, and programs. The
21 32 bill also provides moneys to support specific programs or
21 33 projects administered by those departments. The bill
21 34 appropriates moneys from a number of sources, including the
21 35 general fund of the state, the state fish and game protection
22 1 fund, and the groundwater protection fund.
22 2 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP. For the
22 3 department of agriculture and land stewardship, moneys are
22 4 appropriated in order to support its divisions.
22 5 The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund to
22 6 support animal husbandry including for the administration of
22 7 the chronic wasting disease program, horse and dog racing,
22 8 dairy products control, and avian influenza control. The bill
22 9 supports programs for plant protection and crop production,
22 10 including apiary law, and the control of pests. The bill also
22 11 appropriates moneys to reimburse commissioners of soil and
22 12 water conservation districts for expenses. The bill provides
22 13 for food marketing and security. It provides for a senior
22 14 farmers market nutrition program. It also provides for an
22 15 emergency veterinarian rapid response program, and the
22 16 regulation of organic agricultural products.
22 17 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. For the department of
22 18 natural resources, moneys are appropriated from the general
22 19 fund in order to support its divisions.
22 20 The bill makes appropriations from other funds. The bill
22 21 appropriates moneys to the department of natural resources
22 22 from the state fish and game protection fund to support
22 23 programs related to fish and wildlife. The bill appropriates
22 24 moneys from the groundwater protection fund to support
22 25 groundwater quality. The bill appropriates moneys from the
22 26 national pollutant discharge elimination system permit fund to
22 27 the department of natural resources for processing permit
22 28 applications.
22 29 The bill includes miscellaneous provisions. An
22 30 appropriation is made from the unassigned revenue fund
22 31 administered by the Iowa comprehensive underground storage
22 32 tank fund board to the department of natural resources for
22 33 administration and expenses of the underground storage tank
22 34 section.
22 35 The bill provides that the department of natural resources
23 1 may use additional funds for staffing to reduce the
23 2 department's floodplain permit backlog and implementing the
23 3 federal maximum daily load program.
23 4 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY. The bill appropriates moneys to
23 5 Iowa state university from the agricultural remediation fund
23 6 to continue a project to perform water quality research to
23 7 determine methods to reduce risks to water quality associated
23 8 with open feedlot runoff and from the general fund of the
23 9 state for the operation of the veterinary diagnostic
23 10 laboratory. It includes provisions expressing legislative
23 11 intent for future appropriations.
23 12 ENVIRONMENT FIRST FUND. The bill appropriates funding from
23 13 the environment first fund to the departments of agriculture
23 14 and land stewardship, economic development, and natural
23 15 resources to support a number of programs and projects. The
23 16 bill appropriates moneys from the environment first fund to
23 17 the resources enhancement and protection fund in lieu of the
23 18 $20 million appropriated by statute from the general fund of
23 19 the state.
23 20 EMERGENCY PLANNING. The bill amends Code chapter 30 to
23 21 transfer authority and duties associated with the federal
23 22 Emergency Planning and Community Right=to=know Act, relating
23 23 to emergency and hazardous chemicals and recordkeeping, from
23 24 the department of workforce development to the department of
23 25 natural resources.
23 26 The bill amends Code section 161D.1 to add Guthrie county
23 27 to the counties who are members of the loess hills development
23 28 and conservation authority and to place the counties in
23 29 alphabetical order.
23 30 SPECIAL FUNDS. The bill amends provisions in Code chapter
23 31 321G, which provide that snowmobile fees collected by the
23 32 county recorder are to be remitted to the department of
23 33 natural resources for deposit into a special snowmobile fund.
23 34 The division eliminates the snowmobile fund and provides that
23 35 the snowmobile fees are to be deposited into the state fish
24 1 and game protection fund to support snowmobile programs.
24 2 The bill amends Code section 452A.79A as enacted by the
24 3 general assembly in 2006 (2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1179,
24 4 section 60) which creates a marine fuel tax fund under the
24 5 authority of the department of natural resources. The fund
24 6 consists of revenues derived from the excise tax on the sale
24 7 of motor fuel used in watercraft. The bill provides that the
24 8 marine fuel tax fund is a trust fund with a standing
24 9 appropriation for use by the department without an annual
24 10 appropriation made by the general assembly.
24 11 LSB 1127JB 82
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