Senate File 551 - Reprinted



                                     SENATE FILE       
                                     BY  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                                     (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1305)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
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                 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:
  5 TLSB 1127SV 82
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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, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, 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, miscellaneous purposes, and
  1 13 for not more than the following full=time equivalent
  1 14 positions:
  1 15 .................................................. $ 18,384,862
  1 16 ............................................... FTEs      444.6
  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, 2007, and ending June
  1 22 30, 2008, 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, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, 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, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, 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 .................................................. $    951,666
  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, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, 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 APPROPRIATION == 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, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, 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 .................................................. $     40,000
  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 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, 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, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, 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, 2007, and ending June
  3 35 30, 2008, 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 .................................................. $    250,000
  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 2008, 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    DESIGNATED APPROPRIATIONS == FOOD MARKETING AND SECURITY
  4 15    Sec. 10.  GENERAL FUND == SENIOR FARMERS MARKET NUTRITION
  4 16 PROGRAM.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  4 17 state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship
  4 18 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June
  4 19 30, 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
  4 20 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  4 21    For purposes of administering a senior farmers market
  4 22 nutrition program, including salaries, support, maintenance,
  4 23 and miscellaneous purposes:
  4 24 .................................................. $     77,000
  4 25    Sec. 11.  EMERGENCY VETERINARIAN RAPID RESPONSE SERVICES
  4 26 PROGRAM.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  4 27 state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship
  4 28 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June
  4 29 30, 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
  4 30 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  4 31    For purposes of supporting veterinary emergency
  4 32 preparedness and response services necessary to prevent or
  4 33 control a serious threat to the public health, public safety,
  4 34 or the state's economy caused by the transmission of disease
  4 35 among livestock or agricultural animals, including as provided
  5  1 in section 163.3A:
  5  2 .................................................. $    130,000
  5  3    Sec. 12.  ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.  There is
  5  4 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  5  5 department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal
  5  6 year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
  5  7 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
  5  8 used for the purposes designated:
  5  9    For purposes of supporting the department's regulation and
  5 10 promotion of organic agricultural products as provided in
  5 11 chapter 190C, including salaries, support, maintenance,
  5 12 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
  5 13 full=time equivalent positions:
  5 14 .................................................. $     54,671
  5 15 ............................................... FTEs       1.00
  5 16    Sec. 13.  GRAPE AND WINE DEVELOPMENT FUND.  There is
  5 17 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the grape
  5 18 and wine development fund created in section 175A.5 for the
  5 19 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008,
  5 20 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  5 21 be used for the purposes designated:
  5 22    For carrying out the purposes of the fund:
  5 23 .................................................. $    283,000
  5 24            DESIGNATED APPROPRIATION == MISCELLANEOUS
  5 25    Sec. 14.  2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1175, section 22, is
  5 26 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  5 27    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  Notwithstanding section 8.33,
  5 28 moneys appropriated in this section that remain unencumbered
  5 29 or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not
  5 30 revert but shall remain available for the purposes designated
  5 31 in this section until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
  5 32                         EFFECTIVE DATE
  5 33    Sec. 15.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  The section of this division of
  5 34 this Act amending 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1175, section 22,
  5 35 being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
  6  1 enactment.
  6  2                           DIVISION II
  6  3                 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
  6  4                     GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS
  6  5    Sec. 16.  GENERAL FUND == DEPARTMENT.  There is
  6  6 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  6  7 department of natural resources for the fiscal year beginning
  6  8 July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the following amount,
  6  9 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
  6 10 purposes designated:
  6 11    For purposes of supporting the department, including its
  6 12 divisions, for administration, regulation, and programs, for
  6 13 salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and
  6 14 for not more than the following full=time equivalent
  6 15 positions:
  6 16 .................................................. $  19,137,968
  6 17 ............................................... FTEs    1,143.43
  6 18    Sec. 17.  STATE FISH AND GAME PROTECTION FUND == DIVISION
  6 19 OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.
  6 20    1.  a.  There is appropriated from the state fish and game
  6 21 protection fund to the department of natural resources for the
  6 22 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008,
  6 23 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  6 24 be used for the purposes designated:
  6 25    For purposes of supporting the division of fish and
  6 26 wildlife, including for administration, regulation, and
  6 27 programs, and for salaries, support, maintenance, equipment,
  6 28 and miscellaneous purposes:
  6 29 .................................................. $ 36,371,314
  6 30    b.  Notwithstanding section 455A.10, the department may use
  6 31 the unappropriated balance remaining in the state fish and
  6 32 game protection fund to provide for the funding of health and
  6 33 life insurance premium payments from unused sick leave
  6 34 balances of conservation peace officers employed in a
  6 35 protection occupation who retire, pursuant to section 97B.49B.
  7  1    2.  The department shall not expend more moneys from the
  7  2 state fish and game protection fund than provided in this
  7  3 section, unless the expenditure derives from contributions
  7  4 made by a private entity, or a grant or moneys received from
  7  5 the federal government, and is approved by the natural
  7  6 resource commission.  The department of natural resources
  7  7 shall promptly notify the legislative services agency and the
  7  8 chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations
  7  9 subcommittee on agriculture and natural resources concerning
  7 10 the commission's approval.
  7 11    Sec. 18.  GROUNDWATER PROTECTION FUND == WATER QUALITY.
  7 12 There is appropriated from the groundwater protection fund
  7 13 created in section 455E.11 to the department of natural
  7 14 resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
  7 15 ending June 30, 2008, from those moneys which are not
  7 16 allocated pursuant to that section, the following amount, or
  7 17 so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
  7 18 designated:
  7 19    For purposes of supporting the department's protection of
  7 20 the state's groundwater, including for administration,
  7 21 regulation, and programs, and for salaries, support,
  7 22 maintenance, equipment, and miscellaneous purposes:
  7 23 .................................................. $  3,455,832
  7 24    Sec. 19.  NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
  7 25 PERMIT FUND.  There is appropriated from the national
  7 26 pollutant discharge elimination system permit fund created in
  7 27 section 455B.196 to the department of natural resources for
  7 28 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30,
  7 29 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
  7 30 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  7 31    For purposes of expediting the department's processing of
  7 32 national pollutant discharge elimination system applications
  7 33 and the issuance of permits, including salaries, support,
  7 34 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
  7 35 .................................................. $    700,000
  8  1           DESIGNATED APPROPRIATIONS == MISCELLANEOUS
  8  2    Sec. 20.  SPECIAL SNOWMOBILE FUND == SNOWMOBILE PROGRAM.
  8  3 There is transferred on July 1, 2007, from the fees required
  8  4 to be deposited in the special snowmobile fund under section
  8  5 321G.7 to the fish and game protection fund and appropriated
  8  6 to the department of natural resources for the fiscal year
  8  7 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
  8  8 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
  8  9 used for the purpose designated:
  8 10    For purposes of administering and enforcing the state
  8 11 snowmobile program:
  8 12 .................................................. $    100,000
  8 13    Sec. 21.  UNASSIGNED REVENUE FUND == UNDERGROUND STORAGE
  8 14 TANK SECTION EXPENSES.  There is appropriated from the
  8 15 unassigned revenue fund administered by the Iowa comprehensive
  8 16 underground storage tank fund board, to the department of
  8 17 natural resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007,
  8 18 and ending June 30, 2008, the following amount, or so much
  8 19 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
  8 20 designated:
  8 21    For purposes of paying for administration expenses of the
  8 22 department's underground storage tank section:
  8 23 .................................................. $    200,000
  8 24    Sec. 22.  STORMWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT FEES == SUPPORT FOR
  8 25 SPECIAL PURPOSES.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision of
  8 26 state law, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and
  8 27 ending June 30, 2007, the department of natural resources may
  8 28 use additional moneys available to the department collected
  8 29 from storm water discharge permit fees as provided in section
  8 30 455B.103A or 455B.197 for the staffing of the following
  8 31 additional full=time equivalent positions for the purposes
  8 32 designated:
  8 33    1.  For purposes of reducing the department's floodplain
  8 34 permit backlog:
  8 35 ................................................. FTEs     2.00
  9  1    2.  For purposes of implementing the federal total maximum
  9  2 daily load program:
  9  3 ................................................. FTEs     2.00
  9  4                          DIVISION III
  9  5                      IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
  9  6    Sec. 23.  AGRICULTURAL REMEDIATION FUND == OPEN FEEDLOT
  9  7 WATER QUALITY RESEARCH PROJECT.  There is appropriated from
  9  8 the agrichemical remediation fund created in section 161.7 to
  9  9 the Iowa state university of science and technology for the
  9 10 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008,
  9 11 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  9 12 be used for the purposes designated:
  9 13    For purposes of supporting a water quality research project
  9 14 which studies the effectiveness of alternative technologies
  9 15 used to reduce risks to water quality from effluent
  9 16 originating from open feedlots which house beef cattle:
  9 17 .................................................. $     50,000
  9 18    In conducting the project, Iowa state university shall
  9 19 cooperate with the Iowa cattlemen's association, the
  9 20 department of natural resources, the department of agriculture
  9 21 and land stewardship, and the United States department of
  9 22 agriculture natural resource conservation service.
  9 23    Sec. 24.  VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY.
  9 24    1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  9 25 state to Iowa state university of science and technology for
  9 26 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30,
  9 27 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
  9 28 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  9 29    For purposes of supporting the college of veterinary
  9 30 medicine for the operation of the veterinary diagnostic
  9 31 laboratory:
  9 32 .................................................. $  2,000,000
  9 33    2.  Iowa state university of science and technology shall
  9 34 not reduce the amount that it allocates to support the college
  9 35 of veterinary medicine from any other source due to the
 10  1 appropriation made in this section.
 10  2    3.  If by the end of the fiscal year, Iowa state university
 10  3 of science and technology fails to allocate the moneys
 10  4 appropriated in this section to the college of veterinary
 10  5 science in accordance with this section, the moneys
 10  6 appropriated in this section for that fiscal year shall revert
 10  7 to the general fund of the state.
 10  8    Sec. 25.  VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY == FUTURE YEARS.
 10  9 It is the intent of the general assembly that a future general
 10 10 assembly appropriate moneys to Iowa state university of
 10 11 science and technology for the designated fiscal years, or so
 10 12 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
 10 13 designated:
 10 14    For purposes of supporting the college of veterinary
 10 15 medicine for the operation of the veterinary diagnostic
 10 16 laboratory:
 10 17    1.  FY 2008=2009................................ $  3,000,000
 10 18    2.  FY 2009=2010................................ $  4,000,000
 10 19                           DIVISION IV
 10 20                     ENVIRONMENT FIRST FUND
 10 21    Sec. 26.  DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP.
 10 22 There is appropriated from the environment first fund created
 10 23 in section 8.57A to the department of agriculture and land
 10 24 stewardship for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
 10 25 ending June 30, 2008, the following amounts, or so much
 10 26 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
 10 27 designated:
 10 28    1.  a.  For the conservation reserve enhancement program
 10 29 (CREP) to restore and construct wetlands for the purposes of
 10 30 intercepting tile line runoff, reducing nutrient loss,
 10 31 improving water quality, and enhancing agricultural production
 10 32 practices:
 10 33 .................................................. $  1,500,000
 10 34    b.  Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in
 10 35 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
 11  1 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
 11  2    2.  a.  For continuation of a program that provides
 11  3 multiobjective resource protections for flood control, water
 11  4 quality, erosion control, and natural resource conservation:
 11  5 .................................................. $  2,550,000
 11  6    b.  Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in
 11  7 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
 11  8 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
 11  9    3.  a.  For continuation of a statewide voluntary farm
 11 10 management demonstration program to demonstrate the
 11 11 effectiveness and adaptability of emerging practices in
 11 12 agronomy that protect water resources and provide other
 11 13 environmental benefits:
 11 14 .................................................. $    850,000
 11 15    b.  Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in
 11 16 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
 11 17 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
 11 18    c.  Of the amount appropriated in paragraph "a", $400,000
 11 19 shall be allocated to the Iowa soybean association's
 11 20 agriculture and environment performance program.
 11 21    4.  a.  For deposit in the agricultural drainage well water
 11 22 quality assistance fund created in section 460.303 to be used
 11 23 for purposes of supporting the agricultural drainage well
 11 24 water quality assistance program as provided in section
 11 25 460.304:
 11 26 .................................................. $  1,500,000
 11 27    b.  Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in
 11 28 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
 11 29 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
 11 30    5.  a.  For use by the soil conservation division, to
 11 31 provide financial assistance for the establishment of
 11 32 permanent soil and water conservation practices:
 11 33 .................................................. $  7,000,000
 11 34    b.  Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in
 11 35 paragraph "a" may be allocated for cost=sharing to abate
 12  1 complaints filed under section 161A.47.
 12  2    c.  Of the moneys appropriated in paragraph "a", 5 percent
 12  3 shall be allocated for financial incentives to establish
 12  4 practices to protect watersheds above publicly owned lakes of
 12  5 the state from soil erosion and sediment as provided in
 12  6 section 161A.73.
 12  7    d.  Not more than 30 percent of a soil and water
 12  8 conservation district's allocation of moneys as financial
 12  9 incentives may be provided for the purpose of establishing
 12 10 management practices to control soil erosion on land that is
 12 11 row=cropped, including but not limited to no=till planting,
 12 12 ridge=till planting, contouring, and contour strip=cropping as
 12 13 provided in section 161A.73.
 12 14    e.  The state soil conservation committee created in
 12 15 section 161A.4 may allocate moneys appropriated in paragraph
 12 16 "a" to conduct research and demonstration projects to promote
 12 17 conservation tillage and nonpoint source pollution control
 12 18 practices.
 12 19    f.  The allocation of moneys as financial incentives as
 12 20 provided in section 161A.73 may be used in combination with
 12 21 moneys allocated by the department of natural resources.
 12 22    g.  Not more than 10 percent of the moneys appropriated in
 12 23 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
 12 24 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
 12 25    6.  a.  To encourage and assist farmers in enrolling in and
 12 26 the implementation of federal conservation programs and to
 12 27 work with them to enhance their revegetation efforts to
 12 28 improve water quality and habitat:
 12 29 .................................................. $  1,500,000
 12 30    b.  Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in
 12 31 paragraph "a" may be used for costs of administration and
 12 32 implementation of soil and water conservation practices.
 12 33    7.  a.  For deposit in the loess hills development and
 12 34 conservation fund created in section 161D.2:
 12 35 .................................................. $    600,000
 13  1    b.  (1)  Of the amount appropriated in paragraph "a",
 13  2 $400,000 shall be allocated to the fund's hungry canyons
 13  3 account.
 13  4    (2)  Not more than 10 percent of the moneys allocated to
 13  5 the hungry canyons account as provided in subparagraph (1) may
 13  6 be used for administrative costs.
 13  7    c.  (1)  Of the amount appropriated in paragraph "a",
 13  8 $200,000 shall be allocated to the fund's loess hills alliance
 13  9 account.
 13 10    (2)  Not more than 10 percent of the moneys allocated to
 13 11 the loess hills alliance account as provided in subparagraph
 13 12 (1) may be used for administrative costs.
 13 13    8.  a.  For deposit in the southern Iowa development and
 13 14 conservation fund created in section 161D.12:
 13 15 .................................................. $    300,000
 13 16    b.  Not more than 5 percent of the moneys appropriated in
 13 17 paragraph "a" may be used for administrative costs.
 13 18    Sec. 27.  DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.  There is
 13 19 appropriated from the environment first fund created in
 13 20 section 8.57A to the department of economic development for
 13 21 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30,
 13 22 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
 13 23 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
 13 24    For deposit in the brownfield redevelopment fund created in
 13 25 section 15.293 to provide financial and technical assistance
 13 26 under the brownfield redevelopment program as provided in
 13 27 section 15.292:
 13 28 .................................................. $    500,000
 13 29    Sec. 28.  DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.  There is
 13 30 appropriated from the environment first fund created in
 13 31 section 8.57A to the department of natural resources for the
 13 32 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008,
 13 33 the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
 13 34 be used for the purposes designated:
 13 35    1.  For statewide coordination of volunteer efforts under
 14  1 the water quality and keepers of the land programs:
 14  2 .................................................. $    100,000
 14  3    2.  For regular maintenance of state parks and staff time
 14  4 associated with these activities:
 14  5 .................................................. $  2,490,000
 14  6    3.  To provide local watershed managers with geographic
 14  7 information system data for their use in developing,
 14  8 monitoring, and displaying results of their watershed work:
 14  9 .................................................. $    195,000
 14 10    4.  For continuing the establishment and operation of water
 14 11 quality monitoring stations:
 14 12 .................................................. $  2,955,000
 14 13    5.  For deposit in the public water supply system account
 14 14 of the water quality protection fund created in section
 14 15 455B.183A:
 14 16 .................................................. $    500,000
 14 17    6.  a.  For the regulation of animal feeding operations,
 14 18 including as provided for in chapters 459 and 459A:
 14 19 .................................................. $    400,000
 14 20    b.  For full=time personnel to conduct air quality
 14 21 monitoring associated with animal feeding operations under
 14 22 section 459.207, which may include but is not limited to
 14 23 staffing required to perform field monitoring and laboratory
 14 24 functions, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
 14 25 miscellaneous purposes:
 14 26 .................................................. $    235,000
 14 27    c.  For the development of an electronic system, including
 14 28 databases required for the processing of documents including
 14 29 permit applications and manure management plans, associated
 14 30 with the regulation of confinement feeding operations as
 14 31 provided in section 459.302:
 14 32 .................................................. $     50,000
 14 33    7.  For the abatement, control, and prevention of ambient
 14 34 air pollution in this state, including measures as necessary
 14 35 to assure attainment and maintenance of ambient air quality
 15  1 standards from particulate matter:
 15  2 .................................................. $    325,000
 15  3    8.  For regulating water quantity from surface and
 15  4 subsurface sources by providing for the allocation and use of
 15  5 water resources, the protection and management of water
 15  6 resources, and the preclusion of conflicts among users of
 15  7 water resources, including as provided in chapter 455B,
 15  8 division III, part 4:
 15  9 .................................................. $    500,000
 15 10    9.  a.  For resource conservation and development
 15 11 associated with the development of projects relating to
 15 12 natural resource=based business opportunities:
 15 13 .................................................. $    300,000
 15 14    b.  Local resource conservation and development groups
 15 15 sponsored by county governments or sponsored by soil and water
 15 16 conservation districts shall be eligible to receive moneys
 15 17 appropriated in paragraph "a" on the condition that such
 15 18 groups receive the moneys on a dollar=for=dollar matching
 15 19 basis.
 15 20    Sec. 29.  IOWA RESOURCES ENHANCEMENT AND PROTECTION FUND.
 15 21 Notwithstanding the amount of the standing appropriation from
 15 22 the general fund of the state to the Iowa resources
 15 23 enhancement and protection fund as provided in section
 15 24 455A.18, there is appropriated from the environment first fund
 15 25 created in section 8.57A to the Iowa resources enhancement and
 15 26 protection fund, in lieu of the appropriation made in section
 15 27 455A.18, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
 15 28 ending June 30, 2008, the following amount, to be allocated as
 15 29 provided in section 455A.19:
 15 30 .................................................. $ 15,500,000
 15 31    Sec. 30.  REVERSION.
 15 32    1.  Except as provided in subsection 2, and notwithstanding
 15 33 section 8.33, moneys appropriated for the fiscal year
 15 34 beginning July 1, 2007, in this division of this Act that
 15 35 remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal
 16  1 year shall not revert but shall remain available for the
 16  2 purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year
 16  3 beginning July 1, 2008, or until the project for which the
 16  4 appropriation was made is completed, whichever is earlier.
 16  5    2.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
 16  6 this division of this Act to the department of agriculture and
 16  7 land stewardship to provide financial assistance for the
 16  8 establishment of permanent soil and water conservation
 16  9 practices that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
 16 10 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
 16 11 for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
 16 12 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010.
 16 13                           DIVISION V
 16 14               CODE LANGUAGE == EMERGENCY PLANNING
 16 15    Sec. 31.  Section 30.5, subsection 2, Code 2007, is amended
 16 16 to read as follows:
 16 17    2.  The commission may enter into agreements pursuant to
 16 18 chapter 28E to accomplish any duty imposed upon the commission
 16 19 by the Emergency Planning and Community Right=to=know Act, but
 16 20 the commission shall not compensate any governmental unit for
 16 21 the performance of duties pursuant to such an agreement.
 16 22 Funding for administering the duties of the commission under
 16 23 sections 30.7, 30.8, and 30.9 shall be included in the budgets
 16 24 of the department of workforce development, the department of
 16 25 natural resources, and the department of public defense,
 16 26 respectively.
 16 27    Sec. 32.  Section 30.7, Code 2007, is amended to read as
 16 28 follows:
 16 29    30.7  DUTIES TO BE ALLOCATED TO DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE
 16 30 DEVELOPMENT NATURAL RESOURCES == EMERGENCY AND HAZARDOUS
 16 31 CHEMICALS.
 16 32    Agreements negotiated by the commission and the department
 16 33 of workforce development natural resources shall provide for
 16 34 the allocation of duties to the department of workforce
 16 35 development natural resources as follows:
 17  1    1.  Material safety data sheets or a list for chemicals
 17  2 required to be submitted to the commission under section 311
 17  3 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right=to=know Act, 42
 17  4 U.S.C. } 11021, shall be submitted to the department of
 17  5 workforce development natural resources.  Submission to that
 17  6 department constitutes compliance with the requirement for
 17  7 notification to the commission.
 17  8    2.  Emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms
 17  9 required to be submitted to the commission under section 312
 17 10 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right=to=know Act, 42
 17 11 U.S.C. } 11022, shall be submitted to the department of
 17 12 workforce development natural resources.  Submission to that
 17 13 department constitutes compliance with the requirement for
 17 14 notification to the commission.
 17 15    3.  The department of workforce development natural
 17 16 resources shall advise the commission of the failure of any
 17 17 facility owner or operator to submit information as required
 17 18 under sections 311 and 312 of the Emergency Planning and
 17 19 Community Right=to=know Act, 42 U.S.C. } 11021 and 11022.
 17 20    4.  The department of workforce development natural
 17 21 resources shall make available to the public upon request
 17 22 during normal working hours the information forms in its
 17 23 possession pursuant to sections 312 and 324 of the Emergency
 17 24 Planning and Community Right=to=know Act, 42 U.S.C. } 11022
 17 25 and 11044.
 17 26    5.  The department of workforce development natural
 17 27 resources shall compile data or information from the emergency
 17 28 and hazardous chemical inventory forms required to be
 17 29 submitted to the commission under section 312 of the Emergency
 17 30 Planning and Community Right=to=know Act, 42 U.S.C. } 11022.
 17 31    Sec. 33.  Section 84A.5, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
 17 32 amended to read as follows:
 17 33    3.  The division of labor services is responsible for the
 17 34 administration of the laws of this state under chapters 88,
 17 35 88A, 88B, 89, 89A, 89B, 90A, 91, 91A, 91C, 91D, 91E, 92, and
 18  1 94A, and sections 30.7 and section 85.68.  The executive head
 18  2 of the division is the labor commissioner, appointed pursuant
 18  3 to section 91.2.
 18  4    Sec. 34.  Section 91.4, subsection 5, Code 2007, is amended
 18  5 to read as follows:
 18  6    5.  The director of the department of workforce
 18  7 development, in consultation with the labor commissioner,
 18  8 shall, at the time provided by law, make an annual report to
 18  9 the governor setting forth in appropriate form the business
 18 10 and expense of the division of labor services for the
 18 11 preceding year, the number of disputes or violations processed
 18 12 by the division and the disposition of the disputes or
 18 13 violations, and other matters pertaining to the division which
 18 14 are of public interest, together with recommendations for
 18 15 change or amendment of the laws in this chapter and chapters
 18 16 88, 88A, 88B, 89, 89A, 89B, 90A, 91A, 91C, 91D, 91E, 92, and
 18 17 94A, and sections 30.7 and section 85.68, and the
 18 18 recommendations, if any, shall be transmitted by the governor
 18 19 to the first general assembly in session after the report is
 18 20 filed.
 18 21                           DIVISION VI
 18 22                   CODE LANGUAGE == GRAPE AND
 18 23                        WINE DEVELOPMENT
 18 24    Sec. 35.  Section 123.183, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
 18 25 amended to read as follows:
 18 26    3.  The revenue collected from the wine gallonage tax on
 18 27 wine imported into this state for sale at wholesale and sold
 18 28 in this state at wholesale shall be deposited as follows:
 18 29    a.  Five percent of the revenue collected from the wine
 18 30 gallonage tax on wine imported into this state for sale at
 18 31 wholesale and sold in this state at wholesale shall be
 18 32 deposited in the grape and wine development fund as created in
 18 33 section 175A.5.
 18 34    b.  The remaining revenue collected from the wine gallonage
 18 35 tax on wine imported into this state for sale at wholesale and
 19  1 sold in this state at wholesale shall be deposited in the beer
 19  2 and liquor control fund created in section 123.53.
 19  3    Sec. 36.  Section 175A.5, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
 19  4 amended to read as follows:
 19  5    1.  A grape and wine development fund is created in the
 19  6 state treasury under the control of the department.  The fund
 19  7 is composed of moneys appropriated by the general assembly and
 19  8 moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department
 19  9 from the United States or private sources for placement in the
 19 10 fund.  The fund shall include moneys deposited into the fund
 19 11 from the wine gallonage tax as provided in section 123.183.
 19 12                          DIVISION VII
 19 13          CODE LANGUAGE == LOESS HILLS DEVELOPMENT AND
 19 14                     CONSERVATION AUTHORITY
 19 15    Sec. 37.  Section 161D.1, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
 19 16 amended to read as follows:
 19 17    1.  A loess hills development and conservation authority is
 19 18 created.  The counties of Adams, Adair, Audubon, Carroll,
 19 19 Cass, Cherokee, Crawford, Fremont, Guthrie, Harrison, Ida,
 19 20 Lyon, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Plymouth,
 19 21 Pottawattamie, Sac, Shelby, Sioux, Plymouth, Cherokee, Taylor,
 19 22 and Woodbury, Ida, Sac, Monona, Crawford, Carroll, Harrison,
 19 23 Shelby, Audubon, Pottawattamie, Cass, Adair, Mills,
 19 24 Montgomery, Adams, Fremont, Page, and Taylor are entitled to
 19 25 one voting member each on the authority, but membership or
 19 26 participation in projects of the authority is not required.
 19 27 Each member of the authority shall be appointed by the
 19 28 respective board of supervisors for a term to be determined by
 19 29 each board of supervisors, but the term shall not be for less
 19 30 than one year.  An appointee shall serve without compensation,
 19 31 but an appointee may be reimbursed for actual expenses
 19 32 incurred while performing the duties of the authority as
 19 33 determined by each board of supervisors.  The authority shall
 19 34 meet, organize, and adopt rules of procedures as deemed
 19 35 necessary to carry out its duties.  The authority may appoint
 20  1 working committees that include other individuals in addition
 20  2 to voting members.
 20  3                          DIVISION VIII
 20  4              CODE LANGUAGE == MARINE FUEL TAX FUND
 20  5    Sec. 38.  Section 452A.79A, subsection 1, as enacted by
 20  6 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1179, section 60, is amended to read
 20  7 as follows:
 20  8    1.  A marine fuel tax fund is created under the authority
 20  9 of the department of natural resources.
 20 10    a.  The fund shall consist of all revenues derived from the
 20 11 excise tax on the sale of motor fuel used in watercraft as
 20 12 provided in section 452A.84 and other moneys appropriated to
 20 13 the fund.
 20 14    b.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest
 20 15 or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the
 20 16 fund.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, any moneys credited to
 20 17 the fund from another fund shall not revert to the fund from
 20 18 which appropriated at the close of a fiscal year.
 20 19    Sec. 39.  Section 452A.79A, subsection 2, unnumbered
 20 20 paragraph 1, as enacted by 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1179,
 20 21 section 60, is amended to read as follows:
 20 22    Moneys in the marine fuel tax fund in a fiscal year shall
 20 23 be used as appropriated by the general assembly are
 20 24 appropriated to the department of natural resources for use by
 20 25 the department of natural resources in its recreational
 20 26 boating program, which may include but is not limited to any
 20 27 of the following:
 20 28                           DIVISION IX
 20 29                  STATE EMPLOYEE TELECOMMUTING
 20 30    Sec. 40.  STATE EMPLOYEE TELECOMMUTING == POLICY
 20 31 DEVELOPMENT == IMPLEMENTATION.
 20 32    1.  The director of a department or state agency to which
 20 33 appropriations are made pursuant to the provisions of this Act
 20 34 shall assess the extent to which job classifications or
 20 35 individual employment positions with the department or agency
 21  1 might be effectively performed from an employee's residence or
 21  2 other remote location through telecommuting, thereby
 21  3 increasing office space within the department or agency and
 21  4 reducing administrative costs.  The assessment shall include
 21  5 an estimate of the number of department or agency employees
 21  6 whose job responsibilities could be effectively performed on a
 21  7 telecommuting basis, projected costs of establishing and
 21  8 maintaining work stations at an employee's residence or other
 21  9 remote location and providing telecommuter support,
 21 10 anticipated savings to the department or agency through a
 21 11 reduction in the office=based workforce, and anticipated time
 21 12 and cost savings to telecommuting employees.  A report
 21 13 summarizing the assessment shall be submitted to the director
 21 14 of the department of administrative services, and the members
 21 15 of the general assembly, by November 1, 2007.
 21 16    2.  Based on the assessment conducted pursuant to
 21 17 subsection 1, the director shall develop a telecommuter
 21 18 employment policy for the department or agency and a timeline
 21 19 for initial policy implementation and plans for expanding the
 21 20 number of telecommuting employees.  Specific office=based
 21 21 workforce reduction percentages shall be left to the
 21 22 discretion of the director, but the director shall implement a
 21 23 policy transferring some number of office=based employees to
 21 24 telecommuter status by January 1, 2008.  The director shall
 21 25 report to the director of the department of administrative
 21 26 services and the members of the general assembly on an annual
 21 27 basis beginning January 1, 2009, the number of telecommuting
 21 28 employees, cost savings achieved by the department or agency,
 21 29 and plans for continued transfer of office=based employees to
 21 30 telecommuter status.
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