SF 400 (LSB 2100SV (2) 85)

SENATE FILE 400

BY  COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1208)

A BILL FOR

An Act making an appropriation to support soil and water conservation by the department of agriculture and land stewardship.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  SOIL CONSERVATION —— APPROPRIATION.  

There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 
   1.  For use by the department to support soil and water conservation district commissioners:
.................................................. $  7,000,000
   2.  The department shall allocate the amount of the appropriation made in subsection 1 to soil and water conservation district commissioners in the same manner that the department allocated moneys appropriated from the environment first fund to support soil and water conservation district commissioners pursuant to 2012 Iowa Acts, chapter 1135, section 18, subsection 6.
   3.  The entire amount of the appropriation made in subsection 1 shall be used to support soil conservation practices established on a cost-share basis as provided in chapter 161A.  The soil and water conservation district commissioners shall award the moneys allocated by the department to persons who submitted applications to the commissioners on or after July 1, 2012, if such applications are pending approval on the effective date of this Act, and the commissioners subsequently approve the applications.
   4.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated to the department pursuant to this section are not subject to reversion to the general fund of the state.
EXPLANATION
   This bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, for use by soil and water conservation district commissioners to support soil conservation practices established on a cost-share basis. The moneys are to finance pending applications for the establishment of such practices submitted on or after July 1, 2012. The appropriated moneys are not subject to reversion as ordinarily provided under Code section 8.33.