Bill Text: IA HF2265 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring the department of natural resources to conduct a study related to pollinator species on properties owned by the department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-06 - Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. H.J. 204. [HF2265 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2265-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2265
BY
DONAHUE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
the
department
of
natural
resources
to
conduct
1
a
study
related
to
pollinator
species
on
properties
owned
by
2
the
department.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
POLLINATOR
STUDY.
The
department
of
natural
1
resources
shall
conduct
a
one-year
study
of
pollinator
2
species
on
property
managed
by
the
department.
The
study
3
shall
take
place
at
numerous
sites
managed
by
the
department
4
through
all
geographic
sectors
of
the
state
as
determined
5
by
the
department.
The
study
shall
examine
factors
that
6
attract
pollinator
species
and
methods
to
encourage
the
7
continued
existence
or
reemergence
of
pollinator
species
on
8
property
owned
by
the
department.
For
purposes
of
this
study,
9
“pollinator
species”
shall
include
but
not
be
limited
to
any
10
species
of
bird,
bee,
butterfly,
bat,
or
other
animal
known
to
11
naturally
perform
pollination
activities.
The
department
shall
12
submit
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
detailing
its
findings
13
and
recommendations
by
December
31,
2021.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
natural
resources
to
18
conduct
a
study
investigating
factors
that
attract
pollinator
19
species
and
methods
to
encourage
the
continued
existence
or
20
reemergence
of
pollinator
species
on
properties
managed
by
the
21
department
of
natural
resources.
The
study
shall
be
conducted
22
for
one
year
and
take
place
at
numerous
sites
managed
by
the
23
department
through
all
geographic
sectors
of
the
state
as
24
determined
by
the
department.
The
department
shall
submit
25
a
report
of
its
findings
and
recommendations
to
the
general
26
assembly
by
December
31,
2021.
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