House File 106 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 106 BY PETTENGILL A BILL FOR An Act relating to the allocation of fund proceeds of the Iowa 1 resources enhancement and protection fund, and requiring a 2 report to the general assembly. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1558YH (2) 87 av/sc

H.F. 106 Section 1. Section 455A.19, subsection 1, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 2 (1) Twenty-eight Nine percent shall be allocated to the open 3 spaces account. At least ten percent of the allocations to 4 the account shall be made available to match private funds for 5 open space projects on the cost-share basis of not less than 6 twenty-five percent private funds pursuant to the rules adopted 7 by the natural resource commission. Five percent of the funds 8 allocated to the open spaces account shall be used to fund the 9 protected waters program. This account shall be used by the 10 department to implement the statewide open space acquisition, 11 protection, and development programs. 12 Sec. 2. Section 455A.19, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code 13 2017, is amended to read as follows: 14 e. Nine Twenty-eight percent shall be allocated to the 15 state land management account. The department shall use the 16 moneys allocated to this account for maintenance and expansion 17 of state lands and related facilities under its jurisdiction. 18 The authority to expand state lands and facilities under this 19 paragraph is limited to expansion of the state lands and 20 facilities already owned by the state. There is appropriated 21 from the state land management account to the department the 22 moneys in that account, or so much thereof as is necessary, 23 to implement a maintenance and expansion program for state 24 lands and related facilities under the jurisdiction of the 25 department. 26 Sec. 3. IOWA RESOURCES ENHANCEMENT AND PROTECTION FUND 27 —— OPEN SPACES ACCOUNT REPORT. The department of natural 28 resources shall prepare a report that itemizes the properties 29 that have been acquired to implement the statewide open 30 spaces acquisition program with funds allocated to the open 31 spaces account, including all such properties acquired from 32 the inception of the open spaces account through June 30, 33 2017. The report shall include the location of the properties 34 acquired, from whom the properties were acquired, the date of 35 -1- LSB 1558YH (2) 87 av/sc 1/ 2

H.F. 106 acquisition, and the amount of funding from the open spaces 1 account that was used to make the acquisition. The department 2 shall deliver the report to the secretary of the senate and 3 chief clerk of the house of representatives no later than 4 December 31, 2017. 5 EXPLANATION 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 7 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 8 This bill relates to the allocation of fund proceeds to 9 accounts within the Iowa resources enhancement and protection 10 (REAP) fund, and requires a report to the general assembly. 11 The bill provides that the current allocation of 28 percent 12 of REAP fund moneys to the open spaces account be reduced to 9 13 percent and the current allocation of 9 percent of REAP fund 14 moneys to the state land management account be increased to 28 15 percent. 16 The bill also requires the department of natural resources 17 to prepare a report that itemizes the properties that have been 18 acquired to implement the statewide open space acquisition 19 program with funds allocated to the open spaces account, 20 including all such properties acquired from the inception of 21 the open spaces account through June 30, 2017. The report 22 shall include the location of the properties acquired, from 23 whom the properties were acquired, the date of acquisition, and 24 the amount of funding from the open spaces account that was 25 used to make the acquisition. The report must be delivered to 26 the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house no 27 later than December 31, 2017. 28 -2- LSB 1558YH (2) 87 av/sc 2/ 2