Senate File 600 - Reprinted



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1357)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to water quality improvements and watershed
  2    improvements and related funding.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2924SV 82
  5 tm/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 159.5, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  15.  In the administration of programs
  1  4 relating to water quality improvement and watershed
  1  5 improvements, cooperate with the department of natural
  1  6 resources in order to maximize the receipt of federal funds.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 455A.4, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  8 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  9    NEW PARAGRAPH.  j.  In the administration of programs
  1 10 relating to water quality improvement and watershed
  1 11 improvements, cooperate with the department of agriculture and
  1 12 land stewardship in order to maximize the receipt of federal
  1 13 funds.
  1 14    Sec. 3.  Section 466A.2, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
  1 15 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1 16    a.  Enhancement of water quality in the state through a
  1 17 variety of impairment=based, locally directed watershed
  1 18 improvement grant projects.  Innovative water quality projects
  1 19 shall be encouraged.
  1 20    Sec. 4.  Section 466A.4, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1 21 the following new subsection:
  1 22    NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  Public water supply utilities, county
  1 23 conservation boards, and cities may also be eligible and apply
  1 24 for and receive local watershed improvement grants for water
  1 25 quality improvement projects.  An applicant shall coordinate
  1 26 with a local watershed improvement committee or a soil and
  1 27 water conservation district and shall include in the
  1 28 application a description of existing projects and any
  1 29 potential impact the proposed project may have on existing or
  1 30 planned water quality improvement projects.
  1 31    Sec. 5.  2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1145, section 4,
  1 32 subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, is amended to read as
  1 33 follows:
  1 34    A watershed quality planning task force is established
  1 35 within the department of natural resources in cooperation with
  2  1 the Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship.  By
  2  2 June 30, January 1, 2008, the task force shall report to the
  2  3 general assembly its recommendations for a voluntary statewide
  2  4 water quality program which is designed to achieve all of the
  2  5 following goals:
  2  6 SF 600
  2  7 tm:nh/cc/26