Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to allocations made within the grants to counties water well program
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2020
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to allocations of moneys within the grants to counties water well program within the agricultural management account within the groundwater protection fund. Under current law, a groundwater protection fund is created in the state treasury and moneys in the fund are used for purposes related to groundwater monitoring and groundwater quality standards. The agricultural management account consists of moneys deposited in the account from the collection of fertilizer inspection fees, pesticide dealer license fees, pesticide registration fees, and other moneys designated for the purpose of agricultural management.
Read the full explanation
After an appropriation of $9,000 to the Iowa department of public health, percent of the remaining moneys is appropriated to the department of natural resources and, excluding administrative expenses for the department of natural resources, transferred to the Iowa department of public health for the purpose of administering grants to counties and conducting oversight of county-based programs related to private well testing, sealing, and closure. The bill authorizes the department of natural resources to allocate up to $250,000 to the state university of Iowa center for health effects of environmental contamination prior to transferring the moneys to the Iowa department of public health. The moneys allocated shall be used by the center, in coordination with counties, to conduct scientific studies on the incidence, prevalence, and significance of contamination of groundwater tapped by private wells for drinking water purposes, the sources of contamination, and the actual or potential human health impacts associated with such contamination, and to make recommendations regarding ways to remediate the sources of contamination.