HF 2645 (LSB 6196HV (2) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2645

BY  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2529)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the Mississippi river parkway commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 308.1, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The Mississippi river parkway planning commission shall must be composed of ten members appointed by the governor, five members to be appointed for two-year terms beginning July 1, 1959, and five members to be appointed including one member each from Allamakee county, Clayton county, Clinton county, Des Moines county, Dubuque county, Jackson county, Lee county, Louisa county, Muscatine county, and Scott county, for four-year terms beginning July 1, 1959. In addition to the above members there shall must be seven four advisory ex officio members who shall be as follows:  
   a.  One member from the state department of transportation commission.
   b.  One member from the natural resource commission.
   c.  One member from the state soil conservation and water quality committee.  One member from the economic development authority, whose primary responsibility includes tourism under section 15.108, subsection 5. 
   d.  One member from the state historical society of Iowa.
   e.  One member from the faculty of the landscape architectural division of the Iowa state university of science and technology.
   f.  One member from the economic development authority.
   g.  One member from the environmental protection commission.
    Sec. 2.  Section 308.1, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new subsections:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  The parkway commission shall submit a report regarding the economic impact of the great river road on this state on or before December 15 each year to the general assembly and to the governor.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  1B.  The parkway commission may establish a technical committee to advise the commission. If established, members of the committee must include at least one person each from the departments of transportation and agriculture and land stewardship, from the consumer protection division of the office of the attorney general, and from the economic development authority, designated by the applicable head of the entity. The commission may request any other state agency to designate an employee to serve on the committee.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Under current law, the Mississippi parkway planning commission is composed of 10 members appointed by the governor. This bill renames the commission as the Mississippi river parkway commission (MRPC) and requires the 10 members to each reside in a different county adjacent to the Mississippi river in Iowa.
   Current law requires seven advisory ex officio members to serve on the MRPC, one each from the state transportation commission, the natural resource commission, the state soil conservation and water quality committee, the state historical society of Iowa, the faculty of the landscape architectural division of the Iowa state university of science and technology, the economic development authority, and the environmental protection commission. The bill requires four advisory ex officio members, one member each from the state department of transportation, the natural resource commission, the economic development authority, whose primary responsibility includes tourism, and the state historical society of Iowa.
   The bill requires the MRPC to submit a report regarding the economic impact of the great river road on Iowa on or before December 15 each year to the general assembly and to the governor. As used in Code chapter 308, the “great river road” means a scenic and recreational highway consisting of a designated system of roads and streets along the Mississippi river in Iowa.
   The bill authorizes the MRPC to establish a technical committee to advise the MRPC. If established, members of the committee must include at least one person each from the departments of transportation and agriculture and land stewardship, from the consumer protection division of the office of the attorney general, and from the economic development authority, with such member being designated by the applicable head of the entity. The MRPC may also request any other state agency to designate an employee to serve on the committee.