Bill Text: IA HF316 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act appropriating moneys to support soil and water conservation districts in this state, by funding secretary positions assigned to each district office.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-25 - Subcommittee, Landon, Drake, and Dunkel. H.J. 415. [HF316 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF316-Introduced.html
House File 316 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY KELLEY A BILL FOR 1 An Act appropriating moneys to support soil and water 2 conservation districts in this state, by funding secretary 3 positions assigned to each district office. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2478YH (3) 86 da/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS ==== 1 2 APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the general fund of 1 3 the state to the department of agriculture and land stewardship 1 4 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 1 5 2016, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 1 6 to be used for the purposes designated: 1 7 1. For purposes of supporting soil and water conservation 1 8 districts in this state as provided in chapter 161A: 1 9 .................................................. $ 6,700,000 1 10 ............................................... FTEs 100.00 1 11 2. The appropriation made in subsection 1 shall be used to 1 12 fund salaries, support, and maintenance of one full=time field 1 13 office secretary I position in each soil and water conservation 1 14 district office. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 17 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 18 There are 100 soil and water conservation districts 1 19 organized in this state, one located in each county except for 1 20 Pottawattamie county which maintains two districts. A soil 1 21 conservation district is associated with local governments, 1 22 state government, and the federal government, including locally 1 23 elected district commissioners (Code section 161A.5), a state 1 24 soil conservation committee and soil conservation division 1 25 established within the department of agriculture and land 1 26 stewardship (DALS) (Code section 161A.4), and the national 1 27 resource conservation service (NRCS) a subagency of the United 1 28 States department of agriculture. District offices are staffed 1 29 by an NRCS employee and sometimes a secretary employed by the 1 30 DALS. This bill appropriates moneys to DALS for FY 2015=2016 1 31 and requires that the agency support each district office by 1 32 employing one full=time secretary. LSB 2478YH (3) 86 da/nh
