House Study Bill 148 



                                       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 relating to the agricultural development authority, by
  2    providing for the reporting of its operations.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2045HC 83
  5 da/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 175.8, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  The authority's executive director,
  1  4 appointed pursuant to section 175.7, shall report semiannually
  1  5 to the legislative government oversight committees regarding
  1  6 the operations of the authority.
  1  7                           EXPLANATION
  1  8    This bill requires the executive director of the
  1  9 agricultural development authority to report semiannually to
  1 10 the legislative government oversight committees regarding its
  1 11 operations.
  1 12    The authority is a state agency established to assist
  1 13 farmers in obtaining financing, including for purchasing
  1 14 agricultural property by beginning farmers, for installing
  1 15 permanent soil and water conservation practices, and for
  1 16 providing operating expenses (Code section 175.3(1)).  The
  1 17 authority is overseen by a board of directors and managed by
  1 18 an executive director.
  1 19 LSB 2045HC 83
  1 20 da/nh/8