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

What it does

GENERAL. This bill amends four Code chapters providing for soil and water conservation, water quality, and flood control primarily administered by the department of agriculture and land stewardship (DALS), the department of natural resources (DNR), and Iowa state university of science and technology (ISU). The Code chapters include Iowa’s “Soil Conservation Districts Law” (Code chapter 161A), the “Groundwater Protection Act” (Code chapter 455E), the “Initiative on Improving Our Watershed Attributes (I on IOWA)” (Code chapter 466), and the “Surface Water Protection and Flood Mitigation Act” (Code chapter 466B) which includes a number of subchapters, including surface water protection and flood mitigation (subchapter I), watershed management authorities (subchapter II), watershed planning activities (subchapter III), and water quality initiative —— nutrients (subchapter IV).

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Conservation Districts of Iowa; Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship

In plain words

1. March 6, 2024Filed in the House