Senate
File
2188
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2188
BY
DANIELSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
transferring
the
state
geologist
from
the
department
1
of
natural
resources
to
the
Iowa
flood
center
at
the
state
2
university
of
Iowa
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
state
board
3
of
regents,
making
appropriations,
and
including
effective
4
date
provisions.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
456.1,
Code
2018,
is
amended
by
striking
1
the
section
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the
following:
2
456.1
Geological
survey
created.
3
A
geological
survey
of
the
state
is
created
within
the
4
Iowa
flood
center
at
the
state
university
of
Iowa
under
the
5
jurisdiction
and
authority
of
the
state
board
of
regents.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
456.2,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
7
follows:
8
456.2
State
geologist
——
qualifications
——
salary
.
9
The
director
state
board
of
regents
shall
appoint
the
10
state
geologist
.
The
state
geologist
,
who
must
have
hold,
11
at
minimum,
a
master’s
degree
in
geology
from
an
accredited
12
college
or
university
and
must
have
at
least
five
years
13
of
geological
experience.
The
annual
salary
of
the
state
14
geologist
shall
be
determined
by
the
director
state
board
of
15
regents
.
16
Sec.
3.
Section
456.4,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
17
follows:
18
456.4
Investigations
——
collection
——
renting
space
.
19
The
state
geologist
shall
investigate
the
characters
of
the
20
various
soils
and
their
capacities
for
agricultural
purposes,
21
the
streams,
and
other
scientific
and
natural
resource
matters
22
that
may
be
of
practical
importance
and
interest.
For
the
23
purpose
of
preserving
well
drilling
samples,
rock
cores,
24
fossils,
and
other
materials
as
may
be
necessary
to
carry
on
25
investigations,
the
state
geologist
board
of
regents
shall
have
26
the
authority
to
lease
or
rent
provide
sufficient
space
for
27
storage
of
these
materials
with
the
approval
of
the
director
of
28
the
department
of
administrative
services
.
A
complete
cabinet
29
collection
may
be
made
to
illustrate
the
natural
products
of
30
the
state,
and
the
state
geologist
may
also
furnish
suites
of
31
materials,
rocks,
and
fossils
for
colleges
and
public
museums
32
within
the
state,
if
it
can
be
done
without
impairing
the
33
general
state
collection.
34
Sec.
4.
Section
456.7,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
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456.7
Annual
report
Reports
——
publication
of
survey
.
2
1.
The
state
geologist
shall,
annually,
at
the
time
provided
3
by
law,
make
submit
to
the
state
board
of
regents,
the
general
4
assembly,
and
the
governor
a
full
report
of
the
work
in
the
5
preceding
year,
which
report
shall
be
accompanied
by
such
6
other
reports
and
papers
as
may
be
considered
desirable
for
7
publication.
8
2.
The
state
geologist
shall
make
and
maintain
detailed
9
maps
and
reports
of
counties
and
districts,
which
reports
shall
10
embrace
such
geological,
mineralogical,
topographical,
and
11
scientific
details
as
are
necessary
to
make
complete
records,
12
which
may
include
the
necessary
illustrations,
maps,
charts,
13
and
diagrams.
14
3.
The
state
geologist
may
direct
the
preparation
and
15
publication
of
special
reports
and
bulletins
of
educational
and
16
scientific
value
or
containing
information
of
immediate
use
to
17
the
public.
18
4.
The
geological
survey
shall
be
published
on
the
state
19
university
of
Iowa’s
internet
site.
20
Sec.
5.
Section
466C.1,
subsection
2,
Code
2018,
is
amended
21
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
22
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
e.
To
provide
office
space
and
staff
support
23
for
the
state
geologist.
24
Sec.
6.
ENVIRONMENT
FIRST
FUND
——
STATE
GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY
——
25
TRANSFER
OF
FUNDS.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
environment
26
first
fund
created
in
section
8.57A
to
the
state
board
of
27
regents
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2018,
and
ending
28
June
30,
2019,
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
29
necessary,
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
designated:
30
1.
For
the
state
geological
survey,
including
salaries,
31
support,
maintenance,
and
miscellaneous
purposes:
32
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$
200,000
33
2.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
appropriated
34
pursuant
to
2017
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
168,
section
18,
subsection
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8,
that
remain
unencumbered
and
unobligated
at
the
close
of
the
1
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert.
Such
moneys
are
appropriated
to
2
the
state
board
of
regents
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
3
1,
2018,
and
ending
June
30,
2019,
for
purposes
of
the
state
4
geological
survey.
5
Sec.
7.
REPEAL.
Sections
456.6,
456.9,
and
456.10,
Code
6
2018,
are
repealed.
7
Sec.
8.
REPEAL.
2017
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
168,
section
53,
8
subsection
8,
is
repealed.
9
Sec.
9.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
10
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
bill
transfers
the
state
geologist
from
the
department
15
of
natural
resources
to
the
Iowa
flood
center
at
the
state
16
university
of
Iowa
under
the
jurisdiction
and
authority
of
17
the
state
board
of
regents,
and
appropriates
moneys
from
the
18
environment
first
fund
to
the
state
board
of
regents
for
19
purposes
of
the
state
geological
survey.
20
Currently,
the
director
of
the
department
of
natural
21
resources
appoints
and
sets
the
salary
of
the
state
geologist.
22
The
bill
moves
this
authority
to
the
state
board
of
regents
and
23
requires
that
the
person
appointed
as
state
geologist
hold,
at
24
a
minimum,
a
master’s
degree
in
geology.
25
The
bill
combines
a
number
of
the
state
geologist’s
26
reporting
requirements
into
one
Code
section
and
provides
that
27
the
geological
survey
must
be
published
on
the
state
university
28
of
Iowa’s
internet
site.
29
Currently,
the
state
geologist
is
authorized
to
lease
30
or
rent
storage
space
for
geological
samples
and
materials
31
with
the
approval
of
the
director
of
the
department
of
32
administrative
services.
The
bill
directs
the
state
board
of
33
regents
to
provide
sufficient
space
for
such
purposes.
34
The
bill
makes
an
appropriation
to
the
state
board
of
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regents
for
FY
2018-2019
from
the
environment
first
fund
and
1
provides
that
moneys
remaining
from
an
appropriation
to
the
2
department
of
natural
resources
from
the
environment
first
3
fund
for
FY
2017-2018
for
purposes
of
the
state
geological
4
survey
shall
not
revert
at
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year
and
are
5
appropriated
to
the
state
board
of
regents
to
be
used
for
the
6
state
geological
survey
in
the
following
fiscal
year.
7
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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