Requiring the department of natural resources to conduct a study related to pelican predation

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 8, 2024
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 12, 2024
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 14, 2024
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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 requires the department of natural resources (department) to conduct a one-year study investigating pelican predation on fish and other aquatic life in Iowa’s inland waterways, the Mississippi river, and on private farm ponds. The department shall appoint three members of the public to assist and guide the study. The department shall consult with the United States army corps of engineers, the United States fish and wildlife service, and local, state, and federal elected representatives over the span of the study. The department shall submit a report of the study’s findings and make recommendations to the general assembly by December 1, 2025.

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

Fiscal note

Cost: up to $125,000 Compare with other bills

The DNR estimates the cost of completing this study to be $125,000, which will be funded from the Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund.

• Pelican Study, Department of Natural Resources · February 21, 2024

Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note

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