Bill Text: IA SF2188 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa Senate Bill 2188 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act transferring the state geologist from the department of natural resources to the Iowa flood center at the state university of Iowa under the jurisdiction of the state board of regents, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-08 - Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Dvorsky, and Kapucian. S.J. 277. [SF2188 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2188-Introduced.html


Senate File 2188 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  DANIELSON

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act transferring the state geologist from the department
  2    of natural resources to the Iowa flood center at the state
  3    university of Iowa under the jurisdiction of the state board
  4    of regents, making appropriations, and including effective
  5    date provisions.
  6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 456.1, Code 2018, is amended by striking
  1  2 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
  1  3    456.1  Geological survey created.
  1  4    A geological survey of the state is created within the
  1  5 Iowa flood center at the state university of Iowa under the
  1  6 jurisdiction and authority of the state board of regents.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 456.2, Code 2018, is amended to read as
  1  8 follows:
  1  9    456.2  State geologist == qualifications == salary.
  1 10    The director state board of regents shall appoint the
  1 11 state geologist. The state geologist, who must have hold,
  1 12 at minimum, a master's degree in geology from an accredited
  1 13 college or university and must have at least five years
  1 14 of geological experience. The annual salary of the state
  1 15 geologist shall be determined by the director state board of
  1 16 regents.
  1 17    Sec. 3.  Section 456.4, Code 2018, is amended to read as
  1 18 follows:
  1 19    456.4  Investigations == collection == renting space.
  1 20    The state geologist shall investigate the characters of the
  1 21 various soils and their capacities for agricultural purposes,
  1 22 the streams, and other scientific and natural resource matters
  1 23 that may be of practical importance and interest. For the
  1 24 purpose of preserving well drilling samples, rock cores,
  1 25 fossils, and other materials as may be necessary to carry on
  1 26 investigations, the state geologist board of regents shall have
  1 27 the authority to lease or rent provide sufficient space for
  1 28 storage of these materials with the approval of the director of
  1 29 the department of administrative services. A complete cabinet
  1 30 collection may be made to illustrate the natural products of
  1 31 the state, and the state geologist may also furnish suites of
  1 32 materials, rocks, and fossils for colleges and public museums
  1 33 within the state, if it can be done without impairing the
  1 34 general state collection.
  1 35    Sec. 4.  Section 456.7, Code 2018, is amended to read as
  2  1 follows:
  2  2    456.7  Annual report Reports == publication of survey.
  2  3    1.  The state geologist shall, annually, at the time provided
  2  4 by law, make submit to the state board of regents, the general
  2  5 assembly, and the governor a full report of the work in the
  2  6 preceding year, which report shall be accompanied by such
  2  7 other reports and papers as may be considered desirable for
  2  8 publication.
  2  9    2.  The state geologist shall make and maintain detailed
  2 10 maps and reports of counties and districts, which reports shall
  2 11 embrace such geological, mineralogical, topographical, and
  2 12 scientific details as are necessary to make complete records,
  2 13 which may include the necessary illustrations, maps, charts,
  2 14 and diagrams.
  2 15    3.  The state geologist may direct the preparation and
  2 16 publication of special reports and bulletins of educational and
  2 17 scientific value or containing information of immediate use to
  2 18 the public.
  2 19    4.  The geological survey shall be published on the state
  2 20 university of Iowa's internet site.
  2 21    Sec. 5.  Section 466C.1, subsection 2, Code 2018, is amended
  2 22 by adding the following new paragraph:
  2 23    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  To provide office space and staff support
  2 24 for the state geologist.
  2 25    Sec. 6.  ENVIRONMENT FIRST FUND == STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ==
  2 26 TRANSFER OF FUNDS.  There is appropriated from the environment
  2 27 first fund created in section 8.57A to the state board of
  2 28 regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending
  2 29 June 30, 2019, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
  2 30 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  2 31    1.  For the state geological survey, including salaries,
  2 32 support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
  2 33 .................................................. $    200,000
  2 34    2.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
  2 35 pursuant to 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 168, section 18, subsection
  3  1 8, that remain unencumbered and unobligated at the close of the
  3  2 fiscal year shall not revert.  Such moneys are appropriated to
  3  3 the state board of regents for the fiscal year beginning July
  3  4 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, for purposes of the state
  3  5 geological survey.
  3  6    Sec. 7.  REPEAL.  Sections 456.6, 456.9, and 456.10, Code
  3  7 2018, are repealed.
  3  8    Sec. 8.  REPEAL.  2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 168, section 53,
  3  9 subsection 8, is repealed.
  3 10    Sec. 9.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate
  3 11 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  3 12                           EXPLANATION
  3 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  3 14 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  3 15    This bill transfers the state geologist from the department
  3 16 of natural resources to the Iowa flood center at the state
  3 17 university of Iowa under the jurisdiction and authority of
  3 18 the state board of regents, and appropriates moneys from the
  3 19 environment first fund to the state board of regents for
  3 20 purposes of the state geological survey.
  3 21    Currently, the director of the department of natural
  3 22 resources appoints and sets the salary of the state geologist.
  3 23 The bill moves this authority to the state board of regents and
  3 24 requires that the person appointed as state geologist hold, at
  3 25 a minimum, a master's degree in geology.
  3 26    The bill combines a number of the state geologist's
  3 27 reporting requirements into one Code section and provides that
  3 28 the geological survey must be published on the state university
  3 29 of Iowa's internet site.
  3 30    Currently, the state geologist is authorized to lease
  3 31 or rent storage space for geological samples and materials
  3 32 with the approval of the director of the department of
  3 33 administrative services. The bill directs the state board of
  3 34 regents to provide sufficient space for such purposes.
  3 35    The bill makes an appropriation to the state board of
  4  1 regents for FY 2018=2019 from the environment first fund and
  4  2 provides that moneys remaining from an appropriation to the
  4  3 department of natural resources from the environment first
  4  4 fund for FY 2017=2018 for purposes of the state geological
  4  5 survey shall not revert at the end of the fiscal year and are
  4  6 appropriated to the state board of regents to be used for the
  4  7 state geological survey in the following fiscal year.
  4  8    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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