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Amendment H-8357 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

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Filed April 18, 2024 in the House by

What it changes

AI summary This amendment changes the name of several funds and programs from "nutrient" to "nutrient water quality" and defines "nutrient" to include nitrogen and phosphorus. It updates various laws to ensure that civil penalties and interest are credited to the Iowa nutrient water quality research fund rather than the Iowa nutrient water quality research fund. It also updates the purpose and management of the Iowa nutrient water quality research center and its advisory council.1

Read the amendment’s wording
  1. Page 22, line 13, by striking “NUTRIENTS” and inserting “MANAGEMENT”
  2. Page 22, after line 13 by inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 455B.109, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows: b. Civil penalties assessed and collected by or on behalf of the department and interest on the civil penalties as provided in sections 459.602 , 459.603 , 459.604 , 459A.502 , and 459B.402 shall be credited to the Iowa nutrient water quality research fund created in section 466B.46 467.323 . Sec. ___. Section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph b, subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (a), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows: (a) Thirty-five percent is appropriated annually to the Iowa nutrient water quality research fund created in section 466B.46 467.323 . Of the moneys appropriated pursuant to this subparagraph division, five hundred thousand dollars or one-third of the moneys appropriated, whichever is higher, shall be deposited in the water quality initiative fund created in section 466B.45 467.312 for purposes of supporting the water quality initiative administered by the division of soil conservation and water quality as provided in section 466B.42 467.311 . Sec. ___. Section 459.602, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows: 459.602 Air quality violations —— civil penalty. A person who violates subchapter II shall be subject to a civil penalty which shall be established, assessed, and collected in the same manner as provided in section 455B.109 . Any collected civil penalty and interest on a civil penalty shall be credited to the Iowa nutrient water quality research fund created in section 466B.46 467.323 . Sec. ___. Section 459.603, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows: 459.603 Water quality violations —— civil penalty. A person who violates subchapter III shall be subject to a civil penalty which shall be established, assessed, and collected in the same manner as provided in section 455B.109 or 455B.191 . Any collected civil penalty and interest on a civil penalty shall be credited to the Iowa nutrient water quality research fund created in section 466B.46 467.323 . Sec. ___. Section 459.604, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
  3. Moneys assessed and collected in civil penalties, and interest earned on civil penalties, arising out of a violation involving an animal feeding operation shall be credited to the Iowa nutrient water quality research fund created in section 466B.46 467.323 . Sec. ___. Section 459A.502, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows: 459A.502 Violations —— civil penalty. A person who violates this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty which shall be established, assessed, and collected in the same manner as provided in section 455B.191 . Any collected civil penalty and interest on a civil penalty shall be credited to the Iowa nutrient water quality research fund created in section 466B.46 467.323 . A person shall not be subject to a penalty under this section and a penalty under section 459.603 for the same violation. Sec. ___. Section 459B.402, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows: 459B.402 Violations —— civil penalty. A person who violates section 459B.301 shall be subject to the same penalty as provided in section 459.602 , and a person who violates any other provision of this chapter shall be subject to the same penalty as provided in section 459.603 . Any collected civil penalty and interest on a civil penalty shall be credited to the Iowa nutrient water quality research fund created in section 466B.46 467.323 .”
  4. Page 22, line 19, by striking “nutrient” and inserting “nutrient water quality”
  5. Page 22, line 21, by striking “nutrient” and inserting “nutrient water quality”
  6. Page 22, by striking line 29 and inserting: “
  7. “Nutrient” includes nitrogen and phosphorus.”
  8. Page 23, line 13, by striking “subsection 3, Code 2024, is” and inserting “subsections 1 and 3, Code 2024, are”
  9. Page 23, after line 14 by inserting: “
  10. An Iowa nutrient water quality research fund is created in the state treasury under the management and control of the center.”
  11. Page 23, after line 17 by inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 466B.47, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
  12. The state board of regents shall establish and maintain in Ames as part of Iowa state university of science and technology an Iowa nutrient water quality research center.
  13. The purpose of the center shall be to pursue a science-based approach to nutrient management research that may include but is not limited to evaluating the performance of current and emerging nutrient water quality improvement and management practices, and using an adaptive management framework for providing recommendations for the implementation of nutrient water quality and management practices and the development of new nutrient water quality and management practices. Sec. ___. Section 466B.48, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
  14. The state board of regents shall establish and maintain in Ames as part of Iowa state university of science and technology an Iowa nutrient water quality research center advisory council. Sec. ___. Section 466B.48, subsection 2, paragraphs d and e, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows: d. A person knowledgeable in an area related to nutrient water quality and management research who shall be appointed by the president of the university of northern Iowa. e. A person knowledgeable in an area related to nutrient water quality and management research who shall be appointed by the state association of private colleges and universities.
  15. Page 23, line 22, by striking “nutrient” and inserting “nutrient water quality”
  16. Page 23, after line 23 by inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 466B.49, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
  17. The information is received, collected, or held by a nonprofit organization that conducts nutrient water quality and management research, including but not limited to conducting evaluations, assessments, or validations.”
  18. By striking page 24, line 4, through page 25, line
  20. By renumbering as necessary.

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book