Bill Text: IA HF2384 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to watershed degradation monitoring and making appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-08 - Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. H.J. 223. [HF2384 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2384-Introduced.html
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BY
ISENHART
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
watershed
degradation
monitoring
and
making
1
appropriations.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
466B.46,
subsection
3,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
a.
Moneys
remaining
in
the
fund
after
the
appropriation
3
in
paragraph
“b”
are
appropriated
to
the
center
and
shall
be
4
used
exclusively
by
the
center
to
carry
out
its
purpose
as
5
described
in
section
466B.47
.
6
b.
(1)
Five
hundred
thousand
dollars
is
appropriated
7
annually
from
the
fund
to
the
IIHR
——
hydroscience
and
8
engineering
within
the
college
of
engineering
of
the
university
9
of
Iowa
for
purposes
of
conducting
water
quality
monitoring
and
10
reporting
activities.
11
(2)
The
IIHR
——
hydroscience
and
engineering
shall
12
establish
and
maintain
a
monitoring
station
in
each
United
13
States
geological
survey
hydrologic
unit
code
10
or
larger
14
watershed
where
a
stream
merges
with
the
Mississippi
river
or
15
Missouri
river.
16
(3)
The
IIHR
——
hydroscience
and
engineering
shall
prepare
17
an
annual
report
and
make
recommendations
to
the
department
of
18
natural
resources
and
the
department
of
agriculture
and
land
19
stewardship
regarding
the
waters
experiencing
or
at
greatest
20
risk
of
stream
degradation
or
significant
impairment
and
21
considering
those
waters
as
priority
watersheds.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
appropriates
moneys
to
the
IIHR
——
hydroscience
26
and
engineering
within
the
college
of
engineering
of
the
27
university
of
Iowa
(IIHR
——
hydroscience
and
engineering)
for
28
watershed
monitoring.
29
The
IIHR
——
hydroscience
and
engineering
is
a
center
30
for
education,
research,
and
public
service
focusing
on
31
understanding
and
managing
water.
The
IIHR
——
hydroscience
32
and
engineering
focuses
on
hydrometeorology,
hydrology,
33
hydraulics,
geology,
hydrogeology,
climate
change,
remote
34
sensing,
statistics,
physical
and
computational
modeling,
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hydroinformatics,
and
resilience
and
vulnerability.
1
The
bill
annually
appropriates
$500,000
from
the
Iowa
2
nutrient
research
fund
to
the
IIHR
——
hydroscience
and
3
engineering
for
the
purpose
of
monitoring
water
quality
in
the
4
state.
The
IIHR
——
hydroscience
and
engineering
shall
utilize
5
the
funds
to
create
and
maintain
a
monitoring
station
for
each
6
United
States
geological
survey
hydrologic
unit
code
(HUC)
10
7
watershed
or
larger
where
a
stream
merges
with
the
Mississippi
8
river
or
Missouri
river.
The
institute
shall
be
responsible
9
for
reporting
and
preparing
recommendations
regarding
the
10
waters
that
should
be
classified
as
priority
watersheds
to
11
the
department
of
natural
resources
and
the
department
of
12
agriculture
and
land
stewardship.
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