House File 2662 - Reprinted
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 784)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to and making appropriations involving state
2 government, by providing for agriculture, natural resources,
3 and environmental protection.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 DIVISION I
1 2 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP
1 3 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS
1 4 Section 1. GENERAL FUND == DEPARTMENT. There is
1 5 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
1 6 department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal
1 7 year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the
1 8 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
1 9 used for the purposes designated:
1 10 For purposes of supporting the department, including its
1 11 divisions, for administration, regulation, and programs; for
1 12 salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes;
1 13 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
1 14 positions:
1 15 .................................................. $ 19,049,509
1 16 ............................................... FTEs 445.00
1 17 DESIGNATED APPROPRIATIONS == ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
1 18 Sec. 2. GENERAL FUND == CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE CONTROL
1 19 PROGRAM. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
1 20 state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship
1 21 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June
1 22 30, 2009, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
1 23 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1 24 For purposes of administering a chronic wasting disease
1 25 control program for the control of chronic wasting disease
1 26 which threatens farm deer as provided in chapter 170,
1 27 including for salaries, support, maintenance, and
1 28 miscellaneous purposes:
1 29 .................................................. $ 100,000
1 30 The program may include procedures for the inspection and
1 31 testing of farm deer, responses to reported cases of chronic
1 32 wasting disease, and methods to ensure that owners of farm
1 33 deer may engage in the movement and sale of farm deer.
1 34 Sec. 3. HORSE AND DOG RACING. There is appropriated from
1 35 the moneys available under section 99D.13 to the department of
2 1 agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal year beginning
2 2 July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the following amount,
2 3 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
2 4 purposes designated:
2 5 For purposes of supporting the department's administration
2 6 and enforcement of horse and dog racing law pursuant to
2 7 section 99D.22, including for salaries, support, maintenance,
2 8 and miscellaneous purposes:
2 9 .................................................. $ 305,516
2 10 Sec. 4. GENERAL FUND == DAIRY PRODUCTS CONTROL. There is
2 11 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
2 12 department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal
2 13 year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the
2 14 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
2 15 used for the purposes designated:
2 16 For purposes of supporting the operations of the dairy
2 17 products control bureau, including for salaries, support,
2 18 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
2 19 .................................................. $ 950,000
2 20 Sec. 5. GENERAL FUND == AVIAN INFLUENZA CONTROL. There is
2 21 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
2 22 department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal
2 23 year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the
2 24 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
2 25 used for the purpose designated:
2 26 For purposes of controlling avian influenza by conducting
2 27 testing and monitoring:
2 28 .................................................. $ 50,000
2 29 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
2 30 section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
2 31 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
2 32 to be used for the continued testing and monitoring of avian
2 33 influenza.
2 34 DESIGNATED APPROPRIATIONS == PLANT PROTECTION AND
2 35 CROP PRODUCTION
3 1 Sec. 6. GENERAL FUND == APIARY LAW. There is appropriated
3 2 from the general fund of the state to the department of
3 3 agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal year beginning
3 4 July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the following amount,
3 5 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
3 6 purposes designated:
3 7 For purposes of administering and enforcing apiary law as
3 8 provided in chapter 160, including for salaries, support,
3 9 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
3 10 .................................................. $ 75,000
3 11 Sec. 7. GYPSY MOTH CONTROL. There is appropriated from
3 12 the general fund of the state to the department of agriculture
3 13 and land stewardship for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
3 14 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the following amount, or so
3 15 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
3 16 designated:
3 17 For the control of the pest commonly referred to as the
3 18 gypsy moth, including but not limited to the detection,
3 19 surveillance, and eradication of the gypsy moth:
3 20 .................................................. $ 50,000
3 21 Sec. 8. EMERALD ASH BORER PUBLIC AWARENESS PROJECT. There
3 22 is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
3 23 department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal
3 24 year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the
3 25 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
3 26 used for the purposes designated:
3 27 For the support of a public awareness project to inform
3 28 persons regarding the presence and danger of the pest commonly
3 29 known as the emerald ash borer:
3 30 .................................................. $ 50,000
3 31 Sec. 9. GENERAL FUND == SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
3 32 DISTRICTS. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
3 33 state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship
3 34 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June
3 35 30, 2009, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
4 1 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
4 2 For purposes of reimbursing commissioners of soil and water
4 3 conservation districts for administrative expenses including
4 4 but not limited to travel expenses, technical training, and
4 5 professional dues:
4 6 .................................................. $ 400,000
4 7 A soil and water conservation district receiving moneys
4 8 from an allocation provided pursuant to this section shall
4 9 submit a report to the soil conservation division of the
4 10 department of agriculture and land stewardship by July 1,
4 11 2009, accounting for moneys which have been expended or
4 12 unexpended or which have been obligated or encumbered. The
4 13 report shall state how the moneys were used.
4 14 Sec. 10. AGRICHEMICAL REMEDIATION FUND == SOIL AND WATER
4 15 CONSERVATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LITTLE SIOUX
4 16 RIVER. There is appropriated from the agrichemical
4 17 remediation fund created in section 161.7 to the department of
4 18 agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal year beginning
4 19 July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the following amount,
4 20 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
4 21 purposes designated:
4 22 For a grant to the governing body of a soil and water
4 23 conservation district of a county bordering the Missouri river
4 24 through which the Little Sioux and Big Sioux rivers flow for
4 25 purposes of supporting a needs assessment of soil and water
4 26 conservation structures associated with the Little Sioux
4 27 river, which may include the identification and evaluation of
4 28 aging and deteriorating soil and water conservation structures
4 29 subject to major renovation in the watershed:
4 30 .................................................. $ 15,000
4 31 DESIGNATED APPROPRIATIONS == FOOD MARKETING AND SECURITY
4 32 Sec. 11. GENERAL FUND == SENIOR FARMERS' MARKET NUTRITION
4 33 PROGRAM. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
4 34 state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship
4 35 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June
5 1 30, 2009, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
5 2 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
5 3 For purposes of administering a senior farmers' market
5 4 nutrition program, including salaries, support, maintenance,
5 5 and miscellaneous purposes:
5 6 .................................................. $ 75,000
5 7 Sec. 12. EMERGENCY VETERINARIAN RAPID RESPONSE SERVICES
5 8 PROGRAM. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
5 9 state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship
5 10 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June
5 11 30, 2009, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
5 12 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
5 13 For purposes of supporting veterinary emergency
5 14 preparedness and response services necessary to prevent or
5 15 control a serious threat to the public health, public safety,
5 16 or the state's economy caused by the transmission of disease
5 17 among livestock or agricultural animals, including as provided
5 18 in section 163.3A:
5 19 .................................................. $ 130,000
5 20 Sec. 13. ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. There is
5 21 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
5 22 department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal
5 23 year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the
5 24 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
5 25 used for the purposes designated:
5 26 For purposes of supporting the department's regulation and
5 27 promotion of organic agricultural products as provided in
5 28 chapter 190C, including salaries, support, maintenance,
5 29 miscellaneous purposes:
5 30 .................................................. $ 50,000
5 31 Sec. 14. FARM=TO=SCHOOL PROGRAM. There is appropriated
5 32 from the general fund of the state to the department of
5 33 agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal year beginning
5 34 July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the following amount,
5 35 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
6 1 purposes designated:
6 2 For purposes of supporting the farm=to=school program
6 3 created in chapter 190A to encourage and promote the purchase
6 4 of locally and regionally produced or processed food in order
6 5 to improve child nutrition and strengthen local and regional
6 6 farm economies:
6 7 .................................................. $ 80,000
6 8 Sec. 15. GRAPE AND WINE DEVELOPMENT FUND. There is
6 9 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the grape
6 10 and wine development fund created in section 175A.5 for the
6 11 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009,
6 12 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
6 13 be used for the purposes designated:
6 14 For carrying out the purposes of the fund:
6 15 .................................................. $ 280,000
6 16 DESIGNATED APPROPRIATIONS == MOTOR FUEL
6 17 Sec. 16. MOTOR FUEL INSPECTION. There is appropriated
6 18 from the renewable fuel infrastructure fund created in section
6 19 15G.205 to the department of agriculture and land stewardship
6 20 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June
6 21 30, 2009, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
6 22 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
6 23 For purposes of the inspection of motor fuel, including
6 24 salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
6 25 .................................................. $ 300,000
6 26 The department shall establish and administer programs for
6 27 the auditing of motor fuel including biofuel processing and
6 28 production plants, for screening and testing motor fuel,
6 29 including renewable fuel, and for the inspection of motor fuel
6 30 sold by dealers including retail dealers who sell and dispense
6 31 motor fuel from motor fuel pumps.
6 32 DIVISION II
6 33 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
6 34 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS
6 35 Sec. 17. GENERAL FUND == DEPARTMENT. There is
7 1 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
7 2 department of natural resources for the fiscal year beginning
7 3 July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the following amount,
7 4 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
7 5 purposes designated:
7 6 For purposes of supporting the department, including its
7 7 divisions, for administration, regulation, and programs; for
7 8 salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes;
7 9 and for not more than the following full=time equivalent
7 10 positions:
7 11 .................................................. $ 19,994,822
7 12 ............................................... FTEs 1,169.95
7 13 Sec. 18. STATE FISH AND GAME PROTECTION FUND == DIVISION
7 14 OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.
7 15 1. a. There is appropriated from the state fish and game
7 16 protection fund to the department of natural resources for the
7 17 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009,
7 18 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
7 19 be used for the purposes designated:
7 20 For purposes of supporting the division of fish and
7 21 wildlife, including for administration, regulation, and
7 22 programs; and for salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
7 23 and miscellaneous purposes:
7 24 .................................................. $ 37,626,733
7 25 b. Notwithstanding section 455A.10, the department may use
7 26 the unappropriated balance remaining in the state fish and
7 27 game protection fund to provide for the funding of health and
7 28 life insurance premium payments from unused sick leave
7 29 balances of conservation peace officers employed in a
7 30 protection occupation who retire, pursuant to section 97B.49B.
7 31 2. The department shall not expend more moneys from the
7 32 state fish and game protection fund than provided in this
7 33 section, unless the expenditure derives from contributions
7 34 made by a private entity, or a grant or moneys received from
7 35 the federal government, and is approved by the natural
8 1 resource commission. The department of natural resources
8 2 shall promptly notify the legislative services agency and the
8 3 chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations
8 4 subcommittee on agriculture and natural resources concerning
8 5 the commission's approval.
8 6 Sec. 19. GROUNDWATER PROTECTION FUND == WATER QUALITY.
8 7 There is appropriated from the groundwater protection fund
8 8 created in section 455E.11 to the department of natural
8 9 resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and
8 10 ending June 30, 2009, from those moneys which are not
8 11 allocated pursuant to that section, the following amount, or
8 12 so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
8 13 designated:
8 14 For purposes of supporting the department's protection of
8 15 the state's groundwater, including for administration,
8 16 regulation, and programs, and for salaries, support,
8 17 maintenance, equipment, and miscellaneous purposes:
8 18 .................................................. $ 3,455,832
8 19 Sec. 20. NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
8 20 PERMIT FUND. There is appropriated from the national
8 21 pollutant discharge elimination system permit fund created in
8 22 section 455B.196 to the department of natural resources for
8 23 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30,
8 24 2009, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
8 25 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
8 26 For purposes of expediting the department's processing of
8 27 national pollutant discharge elimination system applications
8 28 and the issuance of permits, including salaries, support,
8 29 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
8 30 .................................................. $ 700,000
8 31 DESIGNATED APPROPRIATIONS == MISCELLANEOUS
8 32 Sec. 21. SPECIAL SNOWMOBILE FUND == SNOWMOBILE PROGRAM.
8 33 There is transferred on July 1, 2008, from the fees required
8 34 to be deposited in the special snowmobile fund under section
8 35 321G.7 to the fish and game protection fund and appropriated
9 1 to the department of natural resources for the fiscal year
9 2 beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the
9 3 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
9 4 used for the purpose designated:
9 5 For purposes of administering and enforcing the state
9 6 snowmobile program:
9 7 .................................................. $ 100,000
9 8 Sec. 22. UNASSIGNED REVENUE FUND == UNDERGROUND STORAGE
9 9 TANK SECTION EXPENSES. There is appropriated from the
9 10 unassigned revenue fund administered by the Iowa comprehensive
9 11 underground storage tank fund board to the department of
9 12 natural resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008,
9 13 and ending June 30, 2009, the following amount, or so much
9 14 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
9 15 designated:
9 16 For purposes of paying for administration expenses of the
9 17 department's underground storage tank section:
9 18 .................................................. $ 200,000
9 19 Sec. 23. UNASSIGNED REVENUE FUND == FUNDING RESTORATION.
9 20 There is appropriated from the unassigned revenue fund
9 21 administered by the Iowa comprehensive underground storage
9 22 tank fund board to the department of natural resources for the
9 23 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009,
9 24 the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
9 25 be used for the purposes designated:
9 26 1. To be credited to and used for snowmobile programs as
9 27 provided for the special snowmobile fund created under section
9 28 321G.7, in order to restore funding transferred pursuant to
9 29 2002 Iowa Acts, Second Extraordinary Session, chapter 1001,
9 30 section 10:
9 31 .................................................. $ 950,000
9 32 2. To be credited to and used for all=terrain vehicle
9 33 programs as provided for the special all=terrain vehicle fund
9 34 created under section 321I.8, in order to restore funding
9 35 transferred pursuant to 2002 Iowa Acts, Second Extraordinary
10 1 Session, chapter 1001, section 11:
10 2 .................................................. $ 775,000
10 3 Sec. 24. STORM WATER DISCHARGE PERMIT FEES == SUPPORT FOR
10 4 SPECIAL PURPOSES. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of
10 5 state law, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and
10 6 ending June 30, 2009, the department of natural resources may
10 7 use additional moneys available to the department collected
10 8 from storm water discharge permit fees as provided in section
10 9 455B.103A or 455B.197 for the staffing of the following
10 10 additional full=time equivalent positions for the purposes
10 11 designated:
10 12 1. For purposes of reducing the department's floodplain
10 13 permit backlog:
10 14 ................................................. FTEs 2.00
10 15 2. For purposes of implementing the federal total maximum
10 16 daily load program:
10 17 ................................................. FTEs 2.00
10 18 DIVISION III
10 19 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
10 20 Sec. 25. AGRICHEMICAL REMEDIATION FUND == OPEN FEEDLOT
10 21 WATER QUALITY RESEARCH PROJECT. There is appropriated from
10 22 the agrichemical remediation fund created in section 161.7 to
10 23 Iowa state university of science and technology for the fiscal
10 24 year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the
10 25 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
10 26 used for the purposes designated:
10 27 For purposes of supporting a water quality research project
10 28 which studies the effectiveness of alternative technologies
10 29 used to reduce risks to water quality from effluent
10 30 originating from open feedlots which house beef cattle:
10 31 .................................................. $ 50,000
10 32 In conducting the project, Iowa state university of science
10 33 and technology shall cooperate with the Iowa cattlemen's
10 34 association, the department of natural resources, the
10 35 department of agriculture and land stewardship, and the United
11 1 States department of agriculture natural resource conservation
11 2 service.
11 3 Sec. 26. VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY.
11 4 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
11 5 state to Iowa state university of science and technology for
11 6 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30,
11 7 2009, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
11 8 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
11 9 For purposes of supporting the college of veterinary
11 10 medicine for the operation of the veterinary diagnostic
11 11 laboratory and for not more than the following full=time
11 12 equivalent positions:
11 13 .................................................. $ 2,068,706
11 14 ............................................... FTEs 17.79
11 15 2. Iowa state university of science and technology shall
11 16 not reduce the amount that it allocates to support the college
11 17 of veterinary medicine from any other source due to the
11 18 appropriation made in this section.
11 19 3. If by the end of the fiscal year, Iowa state university
11 20 of science and technology fails to allocate the moneys
11 21 appropriated in this section to the college of veterinary
11 22 medicine in accordance with this section, the moneys
11 23 appropriated in this section for that fiscal year shall revert
11 24 to the general fund of the state.
11 25 Sec. 27. VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY == FUTURE YEAR.
11 26 It is the intent of the general assembly that a future general
11 27 assembly appropriate moneys to Iowa state university of
11 28 science and technology for the designated fiscal year, or so
11 29 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
11 30 designated:
11 31 For purposes of supporting the college of veterinary
11 32 medicine for the operation of the veterinary diagnostic
11 33 laboratory:
11 34 FY 2009=2010...................................... $ 4,000,000
11 35 DIVISION IV
12 1 ENVIRONMENT FIRST FUND == GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS
12 2 Sec. 28. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP.
12 3 There is appropriated from the environment first fund created
12 4 in section 8.57A to the department of agriculture and land
12 5 stewardship for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and
12 6 ending June 30, 2009, the following amounts, or so much
12 7 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
12 8 designated:
12 9 1. CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (CREP)
12 10 a. For the conservation reserve enhancement program to
12 11 restore and construct wetlands for the purposes of
12 12 intercepting tile line runoff, reducing nutrient loss,
12 13 improving water quality, and enhancing agricultural production
12 14 practices:
12 15 .................................................. $ 1,500,000
12 16 b. Not more than 8 percent of the moneys appropriated in
12 17 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
12 18 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
12 19 2. WATERSHED PROTECTION
12 20 a. For continuation of a program that provides
12 21 multiobjective resource protections for flood control, water
12 22 quality, erosion control, and natural resource conservation:
12 23 .................................................. $ 2,550,000
12 24 b. Not more than 8 percent of the moneys appropriated in
12 25 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
12 26 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
12 27 3. FARM MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
12 28 a. For continuation of a statewide voluntary farm
12 29 management demonstration program to demonstrate the
12 30 effectiveness and adaptability of emerging practices in
12 31 agronomy that protect water resources and provide other
12 32 environmental benefits:
12 33 .................................................. $ 850,000
12 34 b. Not more than 8 percent of the moneys appropriated in
12 35 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
13 1 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
13 2 c. Of the amount appropriated in paragraph "a", $400,000
13 3 shall be allocated to the Iowa soybean association's
13 4 agriculture and environment performance program.
13 5 4. AGRICULTURE DRAINAGE WELL WATER QUALITY ASSISTANCE FUND
13 6 a. For deposit in the agricultural drainage well water
13 7 quality assistance fund created in section 460.303 to be used
13 8 for purposes of supporting the agricultural drainage well
13 9 water quality assistance program as provided in section
13 10 460.304:
13 11 .................................................. $ 1,500,000
13 12 b. Not more than 8 percent of the moneys appropriated in
13 13 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
13 14 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
13 15 5. SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PRACTICES
13 16 a. For use by the soil conservation division, to provide
13 17 financial assistance for the establishment of permanent soil
13 18 and water conservation practices:
13 19 .................................................. $ 7,000,000
13 20 b. Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in
13 21 paragraph "a" may be allocated for cost sharing to abate
13 22 complaints filed under section 161A.47.
13 23 c. Of the moneys appropriated in paragraph "a", 5 percent
13 24 shall be allocated for financial incentives to establish
13 25 practices to protect watersheds above publicly owned lakes of
13 26 the state from soil erosion and sediment as provided in
13 27 section 161A.73.
13 28 d. Not more than 30 percent of a soil and water
13 29 conservation district's allocation of moneys as financial
13 30 incentives may be provided for the purpose of establishing
13 31 management practices to control soil erosion on land that is
13 32 row cropped, including but not limited to no=till planting,
13 33 ridge=till planting, contouring, and contour strip=cropping as
13 34 provided in section 161A.73.
13 35 e. The state soil conservation committee created in
14 1 section 161A.4 may allocate moneys appropriated in paragraph
14 2 "a" to conduct research and demonstration projects to promote
14 3 conservation tillage and nonpoint source pollution control
14 4 practices.
14 5 f. The allocation of moneys as financial incentives as
14 6 provided in section 161A.73 may be used in combination with
14 7 moneys allocated by the department of natural resources.
14 8 g. Not more than 10 percent of the moneys appropriated in
14 9 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
14 10 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
14 11 6. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM (CRP)
14 12 a. To encourage and assist farmers in enrolling in and the
14 13 implementation of the federal conservation program and to work
14 14 with them to enhance their revegetation efforts to improve
14 15 water quality and habitat:
14 16 .................................................. $ 1,500,000
14 17 b. Not more than 8 percent of the moneys appropriated in
14 18 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
14 19 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
14 20 7. LOESS HILLS DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION FUND
14 21 a. For deposit in the loess hills development and
14 22 conservation fund created in section 161D.2:
14 23 .................................................. $ 600,000
14 24 b. (1) Of the amount appropriated in paragraph "a",
14 25 $400,000 shall be allocated to the fund's hungry canyons
14 26 account.
14 27 (2) Not more than 10 percent of the moneys allocated to
14 28 the hungry canyons account as provided in subparagraph (1) may
14 29 be used for administrative costs.
14 30 c. (1) Of the amount appropriated in paragraph "a",
14 31 $200,000 shall be allocated to the fund's loess hills alliance
14 32 account.
14 33 (2) Not more than 10 percent of the moneys allocated to
14 34 the loess hills alliance account as provided in subparagraph
14 35 (1) may be used for administrative costs.
15 1 8. SOUTHERN IOWA DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION FUND
15 2 a. For deposit in the southern Iowa development and
15 3 conservation fund created in section 161D.12:
15 4 .................................................. $ 300,000
15 5 b. Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in
15 6 paragraph "a" may be used for administrative costs.
15 7 Sec. 29. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. There is
15 8 appropriated from the environment first fund created in
15 9 section 8.57A to the department of economic development for
15 10 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30,
15 11 2009, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
15 12 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
15 13 For deposit in the brownfield redevelopment fund created in
15 14 section 15.293 to provide financial and technical assistance
15 15 under the brownfield redevelopment program as provided in
15 16 section 15.292:
15 17 .................................................. $ 500,000
15 18 Sec. 30. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. There is
15 19 appropriated from the environment first fund created in
15 20 section 8.57A to the department of natural resources for the
15 21 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009,
15 22 the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
15 23 be used for the purposes designated:
15 24 1. KEEPERS OF THE LAND
15 25 For statewide coordination of volunteer efforts under the
15 26 water quality and keepers of the land programs:
15 27 .................................................. $ 100,000
15 28 2. STATE PARKS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS
15 29 For regular maintenance of state parks and staff time
15 30 associated with these activities:
15 31 .................................................. $ 2,470,000
15 32 3. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)
15 33 To provide local watershed managers with geographic
15 34 information system data for their use in developing,
15 35 monitoring, and displaying results of their watershed work:
16 1 .................................................. $ 195,000
16 2 4. WATER QUALITY MONITORING
16 3 For continuing the establishment and operation of water
16 4 quality monitoring stations:
16 5 .................................................. $ 2,955,000
16 6 5. PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM ACCOUNT
16 7 For deposit in the public water supply system account of
16 8 the water quality protection fund created in section
16 9 455B.183A:
16 10 .................................................. $ 500,000
16 11 6. REGULATION OF ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS
16 12 For the regulation of animal feeding operations, including
16 13 as provided for in chapters 459 and 459A:
16 14 .................................................. $ 360,000
16 15 7. AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
16 16 For the abatement, control, and prevention of ambient air
16 17 pollution in this state, including measures as necessary to
16 18 assure attainment and maintenance of ambient air quality
16 19 standards from particulate matter:
16 20 .................................................. $ 325,000
16 21 8. WATER QUANTITY REGULATION
16 22 For regulating water quantity from surface and subsurface
16 23 sources by providing for the allocation and use of water
16 24 resources, the protection and management of water resources,
16 25 and the preclusion of conflicts among users of water
16 26 resources, including as provided in chapter 455B, division
16 27 III, part 4:
16 28 .................................................. $ 495,000
16 29 9. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (RCD)
16 30 a. For resource conservation and development associated
16 31 with the development of projects relating to natural
16 32 resource=based business opportunities:
16 33 .................................................. $ 250,000
16 34 b. Local resource conservation and development groups
16 35 sponsored by county governments or sponsored by soil and water
17 1 conservation districts shall be eligible to receive moneys
17 2 appropriated in paragraph "a" on the condition that such
17 3 groups receive the moneys on a dollar=for=dollar matching
17 4 basis.
17 5 c. Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in
17 6 paragraph "a" may be used for the costs of implementing and
17 7 administering this subsection.
17 8 10. IOWA CLIMATE CHANGE ADVISORY COUNCIL
17 9 For support of the Iowa climate change advisory council
17 10 established in section 455B.851:
17 11 .................................................. $ 50,000
17 12 Sec. 31. REVERSION.
17 13 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, and notwithstanding
17 14 section 8.33, moneys appropriated for the fiscal year
17 15 beginning July 1, 2008, in this division of this Act that
17 16 remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal
17 17 year shall not revert but shall remain available for the
17 18 purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year
17 19 beginning July 1, 2009, or until the project for which the
17 20 appropriation was made is completed, whichever is earlier.
17 21 2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
17 22 this division of this Act to the department of agriculture and
17 23 land stewardship to provide financial assistance for the
17 24 establishment of permanent soil and water conservation
17 25 practices that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
17 26 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
17 27 for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
17 28 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011.
17 29 DIVISION V
17 30 ENVIRONMENT FIRST FUND == RESOURCE ENHANCEMENT AND PROTECTION
17 31 Sec. 32. IOWA RESOURCES ENHANCEMENT AND PROTECTION FUND.
17 32 Notwithstanding the amount of the standing appropriation from
17 33 the general fund of the state to the Iowa resources
17 34 enhancement and protection fund as provided in section
17 35 455A.18, there is appropriated from the environment first fund
18 1 created in section 8.57A to the Iowa resources enhancement and
18 2 protection fund, in lieu of the appropriation made in section
18 3 455A.18, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and
18 4 ending June 30, 2009, the following amount, to be allocated as
18 5 provided in section 455A.19:
18 6 .................................................. $ 16,000,000
18 7 DIVISION VI
18 8 CODE PROVISIONS
18 9 Sec. 33. Section 466A.3, Code 2007, is amended by adding
18 10 the following new subsection:
18 11 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. A voting member other than a
18 12 representative of a state agency shall be compensated as
18 13 provided in section 7E.6 and is allowed actual and necessary
18 14 expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The
18 15 moneys used to pay for compensation and expenses shall be paid
18 16 from available interest or earnings on moneys in the fund.
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