SF 2323 (LSB 5826SV (2) 89)

SENATE FILE 2323

BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2152)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the inventory of state lands managed or owned by the department of natural resources.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  2018 Iowa Acts, chapter 1172, section 44, subsection 1, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  By December 1, 2018, the department of natural resources shall submit a report to the general assembly including all financial assistance provided to private entities for the acquisition of land and maintain an inventory of all land managed or owned on behalf of the state by the department or by a county conservation board. The inventory shall include the common name, county, acres acquired, seller, year of acquisition, price paid, federal moneys used, state moneys used, county moneys used, and the manager of all land owned or managed by the department or by a county conservation board.  The department shall maintain the inventory on the department’s internet site and update the inventory within sixty days of the department or a county conservation board acquiring new property or acquiring a management interest in any property.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the inventory of state lands managed or owned by the department of natural resources (DNR). In 2018, DNR was required to submit a report to the general assembly including all financial assistance provided to private entities for the acquisition of land and an inventory of all land managed or owned on behalf of the state by DNR. The bill requires DNR to maintain the inventory on DNR’s internet site and update the inventory within 60 days of acquiring new property or acquiring a management interest in any property. The inventory shall include the common name, county, acres acquired, seller, year of acquisition, price paid, federal moneys used, state moneys used, county moneys used, and the manager of all land owned or managed by DNR or by a county conservation board.