Bill Text: IA SF2027 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa Senate Bill 2027 (Prior Session Legislation)

IA State Legislature page for SF2027

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for the appointment of members of the general assembly to serve on the water resources coordinating council. (See SF 2180.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-03 - Returned to committee. [SF2027 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF2027-Introduced.html

Senate File 2027 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  BOLKCOM

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the appointment of members of the general
  2    assembly to serve on the water resources coordinating
  3    council.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 466B.3, subsection 4, Code 2016, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    4.  Membership == voting members.  The council shall consist
  1  4 of the following voting members:
  1  5    a.  The director of the department of natural resources or
  1  6 the director's designee.
  1  7    b.  The director of the division of soil conservation and
  1  8 water quality within the department of agriculture and land
  1  9 stewardship or the director's designee.
  1 10    c.  The director of the department of public health or the
  1 11 director's designee.
  1 12    d.  The director of the department of homeland security and
  1 13 emergency management or the director's designee.
  1 14    e.  The dean of the college of agriculture and life sciences
  1 15 at Iowa state university or the dean's designee.
  1 16    f.  The dean of the college of public health at the
  1 17 university of Iowa or the dean's designee.
  1 18    g.  The dean of the college of natural sciences at the
  1 19 university of northern Iowa or the dean's designee.
  1 20    h.  The director of transportation or the director's
  1 21 designee.
  1 22    i.  The director of the economic development authority or the
  1 23 director's designee.
  1 24    j.  The executive director of the Iowa finance authority or
  1 25 the executive director's designee.
  1 26    k.  The secretary of agriculture, who shall be the
  1 27 chairperson, or the secretary's designee. As the chairperson,
  1 28 and in order to further the coordination efforts of the
  1 29 council, the secretary may invite representatives from
  1 30 any other public agency, private organization, business,
  1 31 citizen group, or nonprofit entity to give public input at
  1 32 council meetings, provided the entity has an interest in the
  1 33 coordinated management of land resources, soil conservation,
  1 34 flood mitigation, or water quality. The secretary shall also
  1 35 invite and solicit advice from the following:
  2  1    (1)  The director of the Iowa water science center of the
  2  2 United States geological survey or the director's designee.
  2  3    (2)  The state conservationist from the Iowa office of the
  2  4 United States department of agriculture's natural resources
  2  5 conservation service or the state conservationist's designee.
  2  6    (3)  The executive director for Iowa from the United States
  2  7 department of agriculture's farm services agency or the
  2  8 executive director's designee.
  2  9    (4)  The state director for Iowa from the United States
  2 10 department of agriculture's office of rural development or the
  2 11 state director's designee.
  2 12    (5)  The director of region seven of the United States
  2 13 environmental protection agency or the director's designee.
  2 14    (6)  The corps commander from the United States army corps of
  2 15 engineers' Rock Island district or the commander's designee.
  2 16    l.  The dean of the college of engineering at the university
  2 17 of Iowa or the dean's designee.
  2 18    Sec. 2.  Section 466B.3, Code 2016, is amended by adding the
  2 19 following new subsection:
  2 20    NEW SUBSECTION.  4A.  Membership == legislative members.  The
  2 21 council shall also include four members of the general
  2 22 assembly who shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members. The
  2 23 legislative members shall be appointed as follows:
  2 24    a.  Two members of the senate, one of whom shall be appointed
  2 25 by the majority leader of the senate and one of whom shall be
  2 26 appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
  2 27    b.  Two members of the house of representatives, one of whom
  2 28 shall be appointed by the speaker of the house and one of whom
  2 29 shall be appointed by the minority leader of the house.
  2 30                           EXPLANATION
  2 31 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2 32 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2 33    This bill adds two members of the senate and two members of
  2 34 the house of representatives to serve as ex officio, nonvoting
  2 35 members on the water resources coordinating council. The
  3  1 purpose of the council is to preserve and protect Iowa's water
  3  2 resources, and to coordinate the management of those resources
  3  3 in a sustainable and fiscally responsible manner (Code section
  3  4 466B.3).
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