Senate File 4 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  HANCOCK


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the award of local watershed improvement
  2    grants.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1140SS 83
  5 da/rj/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 466A.3, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  Award local watershed improvement grants and monitor
  1  4 the progress of local watershed improvement projects awarded
  1  5 grants.  A local watershed improvement grant may be awarded
  1  6 for a an original period not to exceed three five years.
  1  7 However, during those five years, the board may extend the
  1  8 period of the award for up to five additional years after the
  1  9 date that the original period would have ended.  Each local
  1 10 watershed improvement grant awarded shall not exceed ten
  1 11 percent of the moneys appropriated for the grants during a
  1 12 fiscal year.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill amends Code chapter 466A, which provides for a
  1 15 watershed improvement fund to enhance water quality in the
  1 16 state through a variety of impairment=based, locally directed
  1 17 watershed improvement grant projects (Code section 466A.2).
  1 18 The fund is administered by a watershed improvement review
  1 19 board, which awards grants to support local watershed
  1 20 improvement projects.
  1 21    The bill increases the period of use for such awards from
  1 22 three to five years and provides that during those five years,
  1 23 the board may extend the period of use for an additional five
  1 24 years.
  1 25 LSB 1140SS 83
  1 26 da/rj/8