Senate Study Bill 1208 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SENG) A BILL FOR An Act making an appropriation to support soil and water 1 conservation by the department of agriculture and land 2 stewardship. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2100SC (6) 85 da/rj

S.F. _____ Section 1. PURPOSE. 1 The purpose of this Act is to increase the annual 2 appropriation made by the general assembly to the department 3 of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal year 4 beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, for the soil 5 conservation division. The appropriation made in this Act 6 is intended to supplement and not supplant any appropriation 7 made in another Act as enacted during the first session of the 8 Eighty-fifth General Assembly. 9 Sec. 2. SOIL CONSERVATION —— APPROPRIATION. There is 10 appropriated from the environment first fund created in section 11 8.57A to the department of agriculture and land stewardship 12 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 13 30, 2014, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is 14 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 15 1. For use by the department in providing for soil and 16 water conservation administration, the conservation of soil and 17 water resources, or the support of soil and water conservation 18 district commissioners: 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,000,000 20 2. Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in 21 subsection 1 may be allocated for cost sharing to address 22 complaints filed under section 161A.47 . 23 3. Of the moneys appropriated in subsection 1, 5 percent 24 shall be allocated for financial incentives to establish 25 practices to protect watersheds above publicly owned lakes of 26 the state from soil erosion and sediment as provided in section 27 161A.73 . 28 4. Not more than 30 percent of a soil and water conservation 29 district’s allocation of moneys as financial incentives may be 30 provided for the purpose of establishing management practices 31 to control soil erosion on land that is row cropped, including 32 but not limited to no-till planting, ridge-till planting, 33 contouring, and contour strip-cropping as provided in section 34 161A.73 . 35 -1- LSB 2100SC (6) 85 da/rj 1/ 3

S.F. _____ 5. The state soil conservation committee established by 1 section 161A.4 may allocate moneys appropriated in subsection 2 1 to conduct research and demonstration projects to promote 3 conservation tillage and nonpoint source pollution control 4 practices. 5 6. The allocation of moneys as financial incentives as 6 provided in section 161A.73 may be used in combination with 7 moneys allocated by the department of natural resources. 8 7. Not more than 15 percent of the moneys appropriated 9 in subsection 1 may be used for costs of administration and 10 implementation of soil and water conservation practices. 11 8. In lieu of moneys appropriated in section 466A.5 , not 12 more than $50,000 of the moneys appropriated in subsection 13 1 shall be used by the soil conservation division of the 14 department of agriculture and land stewardship to provide 15 administrative support to the watershed improvement review 16 board established in section 466A.3 . 17 EXPLANATION 18 This bill states that its purpose is to supplement the 19 annual appropriation made by the general assembly to the soil 20 conservation division of the department of agriculture and land 21 stewardship for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and 22 ending June 30, 2014. 23 Specifically, the bill appropriates moneys from the 24 environment first fund (Code section 8.57A) for use by the 25 department in providing for soil and water conservation 26 administration, the conservation of soil and water resources, 27 or the support of soil and water conservation district 28 commissioners. The appropriation is for $7 million with 29 a number of conditions relating to how the moneys may be 30 expended, including to address complaints, to protect 31 watersheds, to establish management practices to control soil 32 erosion on land that is row-cropped, to conduct research and 33 demonstration projects, to provide financial incentives, 34 to support administration, and to support the watershed 35 -2- LSB 2100SC (6) 85 da/rj 2/ 3

S.F. _____ improvement review board. 1 -3- LSB 2100SC (6) 85 da/rj 3/ 3