Amendment H-8355 to HF 2642
Relating to the conservation and improvement of soil and water resources, including by providing for the administration of associated programs and regulations, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions
Never voted on
Filed April 18, 2024 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment adds a requirement for the University of Iowa to set up and maintain water monitoring stations in specific large watersheds where streams meet the Mississippi or Missouri rivers. It also requires the university to provide an annual report and recommendations to state agencies about which waters are at the highest risk of degradation.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 28, after line 23 by inserting: “DIVISION ___ IOWA NUTRIENT RESEARCH FUND Sec. ___. Section 466B.46, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
- a. Moneys remaining in the fund after the appropriation in paragraph “b” are appropriated to the center and shall be used exclusively by the center to carry out its purpose as described in section 466B.47 . b. (1) Five hundred thousand dollars is appropriated annually from the fund to the IIHR —— hydroscience and engineering within the college of engineering of the university of Iowa for purposes of conducting water quality monitoring and reporting activities. (2) The IIHR —— hydroscience and engineering shall establish and maintain a monitoring station in each United States geological survey hydrologic unit code 10 or larger watershed where a stream merges with the Mississippi river or Missouri river. (3) The IIHR —— hydroscience and engineering shall prepare an annual report and make recommendations to the department of natural resources and the department of agriculture and land stewardship regarding the waters experiencing or at greatest risk of stream degradation or significant impairment and considering those waters as priority watersheds.”
- By renumbering as necessary.