Senate File 551 - Reprinted
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1305)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, 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, 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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