House File 51 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 51 BY PETTENGILL and HORBACH A BILL FOR An Act providing for the allocation of moneys appropriated to 1 the Iowa resources enhancement and protection fund. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1562YH (4) 84 da/nh
H.F. 51 Section 1. Section 455A.19, subsection 1, paragraph a, 1 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2011, is amended to read as 2 follows: 3 Twenty-eight Twenty percent shall be allocated to the open 4 spaces account. At least ten percent of the allocations to 5 the account shall be made available to match private funds for 6 open space projects on the cost-share basis of not less than 7 twenty-five percent private funds pursuant to the rules adopted 8 by the natural resource commission. Five percent of the funds 9 allocated to the open spaces account shall be used to fund the 10 protected waters program. This account shall be used by the 11 department to implement the statewide open space acquisition, 12 protection, and development programs. 13 Sec. 2. Section 455A.19, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code 14 2011, is amended to read as follows: 15 e. Nine Seventeen percent shall be allocated to the state 16 land management account. The department shall use the moneys 17 allocated to this account for maintenance and expansion of 18 state lands and related facilities under its jurisdiction. 19 The authority to expand state lands and facilities under this 20 paragraph is limited to expansion of the state lands and 21 facilities already owned by the state. There is appropriated 22 from the state land management account to the department the 23 moneys in that account, or so much thereof as is necessary, 24 to implement a maintenance and expansion program for state 25 lands and related facilities under the jurisdiction of the 26 department. 27 EXPLANATION 28 This bill changes the annual allocation of moneys 29 appropriated from the Iowa resources enhancement and protection 30 fund to various accounts and other funds. The fund is 31 appropriated $20 million per year from the general fund until 32 the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021. The bill decreases 33 the amount allocated to the open spaces account from 28 to 34 20 percent and increases the amount allocated to the state 35 -1- LSB 1562YH (4) 84 da/nh 1/ 2
H.F. 51 land management account from 9 to 17 percent. The open spaces 1 account is used by the department of natural resources to 2 implement statewide open space acquisition, protection, and 3 development programs. The state land management account is 4 used by the department for the maintenance and expansion of 5 state lands and related facilities. 6 Currently the Iowa resources enhancement and protection 7 fund allocates 28 percent to the open spaces account, 20 8 percent to the county conservation account, 20 percent to the 9 soil and water enhancement account, 15 percent to the cities’ 10 parks and open space account, 9 percent to the state land 11 management account, 5 percent to the historical resource grant 12 and loan fund, and 3 percent to the living roadway account for 13 distribution to the living roadway trust fund. 14 -2- LSB 1562YH (4) 84 da/nh 2/ 2