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Relating to watershed degradation monitoring and making appropriations
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 8, 2024
- 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 General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill appropriates moneys to the IIHR —— hydroscience and engineering within the college of engineering of the university of Iowa (IIHR —— hydroscience and engineering) for watershed monitoring. The IIHR —— hydroscience and engineering is a center for education, research, and public service focusing on understanding and managing water. The IIHR —— hydroscience and engineering focuses on hydrometeorology, hydrology, hydraulics, geology, hydrogeology, climate change, remote sensing, statistics, physical and computational modeling, hydroinformatics, and resilience and vulnerability.
Read the full explanation
The bill annually appropriates $500,000 from the Iowa nutrient research fund to the IIHR —— hydroscience and engineering for the purpose of monitoring water quality in the state. The IIHR —— hydroscience and engineering shall utilize the funds to create and maintain a monitoring station for each United States geological survey hydrologic unit code (HUC) watershed or larger where a stream merges with the Mississippi river or Missouri river. The institute shall be responsible for reporting and preparing recommendations regarding the waters that should be classified as priority watersheds to the department of natural resources and the department of agriculture and land stewardship.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Iowa Code it changes
Amends§466B.46
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