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HF 2529Renumbered as HF 2645 · March 6, 2024

Relating to the Mississippi parkway planning commission

Topics:State budgetEnvironment & natural resources

Same legislation: HF 2645

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 15, 2024
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 28, 2024
  3. Done: House committeeMarch 6, 2024
  4. Done: Passes the HouseMarch 19, 202495–0
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

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What’s in it

Under current law, the Mississippi parkway planning commission (MPPC) is composed of members appointed by the governor. This bill requires the members to each reside in a different county adjacent to the Mississippi river in Iowa. Current law requires seven advisory ex officio members to serve on the MPPC, one each from the state transportation commission, the natural resource commission, the state soil conservation and water quality committee, the state historical society of Iowa, the faculty of the landscape architectural division of the Iowa state university of science and technology, the economic development authority, and the environmental protection commission.

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The bill requires four advisory ex officio members, one member each from the state department of transportation, the natural resource commission, the economic development authority, whose primary responsibility includes tourism, and the state historical society of Iowa. The bill requires the MPPC to submit a report regarding the economic impact of the great river road on Iowa on or before December each year to the general assembly and to the governor. As used in Code chapter 308, the “great river road” means a scenic and recreational highway consisting of a designated system of roads and streets along the Mississippi river in Iowa. The bill authorizes the MPPC to establish a technical committee to advise the MPPC. If established, members of the committee must include at least one person each from the departments of transportation and agriculture and land stewardship, from the consumer protection division of the office of the attorney general, and from the economic development authority, with such member being designated by the applicable head of the entity. The MPPC may also request any other state agency to designate an employee to serve on the committee.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

House subcommittee

Named February 28, 2024. On February 29, 2024 it recommended amendment and passage. Vote Total: 3-0.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§308.1

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

Lobbying

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