House File 106 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY PETTENGILL A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the allocation of fund proceeds of the Iowa 2 resources enhancement and protection fund, and requiring a 3 report to the general assembly. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1558YH (2) 87 av/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 455A.19, subsection 1, paragraph a, 1 2 subparagraph (1), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 (1)Twenty=eightNine percent shall be allocated to the open 1 4 spaces account. At least ten percent of the allocations to 1 5 the account shall be made available to match private funds for 1 6 open space projects on the cost=share basis of not less than 1 7 twenty=five percent private funds pursuant to the rules adopted 1 8 by the natural resource commission. Five percent of the funds 1 9 allocated to the open spaces account shall be used to fund the 1 10 protected waters program. This account shall be used by the 1 11 department to implement the statewide open space acquisition, 1 12 protection, and development programs. 1 13 Sec. 2. Section 455A.19, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code 1 14 2017, is amended to read as follows: 1 15 e.NineTwenty=eight percent shall be allocated to the 1 16 state land management account. The department shall use the 1 17 moneys allocated to this account for maintenance and expansion 1 18 of state lands and related facilities under its jurisdiction. 1 19 The authority to expand state lands and facilities under this 1 20 paragraph is limited to expansion of the state lands and 1 21 facilities already owned by the state. There is appropriated 1 22 from the state land management account to the department the 1 23 moneys in that account, or so much thereof as is necessary, 1 24 to implement a maintenance and expansion program for state 1 25 lands and related facilities under the jurisdiction of the 1 26 department. 1 27 Sec. 3. IOWA RESOURCES ENHANCEMENT AND PROTECTION FUND 1 28 == OPEN SPACES ACCOUNT REPORT. The department of natural 1 29 resources shall prepare a report that itemizes the properties 1 30 that have been acquired to implement the statewide open 1 31 spaces acquisition program with funds allocated to the open 1 32 spaces account, including all such properties acquired from 1 33 the inception of the open spaces account through June 30, 1 34 2017. The report shall include the location of the properties 1 35 acquired, from whom the properties were acquired, the date of 2 1 acquisition, and the amount of funding from the open spaces 2 2 account that was used to make the acquisition. The department 2 3 shall deliver the report to the secretary of the senate and 2 4 chief clerk of the house of representatives no later than 2 5 December 31, 2017. 2 6 EXPLANATION 2 7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 8 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 9 This bill relates to the allocation of fund proceeds to 2 10 accounts within the Iowa resources enhancement and protection 2 11 (REAP) fund, and requires a report to the general assembly. 2 12 The bill provides that the current allocation of 28 percent 2 13 of REAP fund moneys to the open spaces account be reduced to 9 2 14 percent and the current allocation of 9 percent of REAP fund 2 15 moneys to the state land management account be increased to 28 2 16 percent. 2 17 The bill also requires the department of natural resources 2 18 to prepare a report that itemizes the properties that have been 2 19 acquired to implement the statewide open space acquisition 2 20 program with funds allocated to the open spaces account, 2 21 including all such properties acquired from the inception of 2 22 the open spaces account through June 30, 2017. The report 2 23 shall include the location of the properties acquired, from 2 24 whom the properties were acquired, the date of acquisition, and 2 25 the amount of funding from the open spaces account that was 2 26 used to make the acquisition. The report must be delivered to 2 27 the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house no 2 28 later than December 31, 2017. LSB 1558YH (2) 87 av/sc