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IA Code § 161A.75 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.75 - Use of moneys for emergency repairs.

161A.75 Use of moneys for emergency repairs.   1. The commissioners of a district may allocate moneys otherwise available for voluntary financial incentive programs as provided in section 161A.73 to provide for the restoration of permanent soil and water conservation practices which are damaged or destroyed because of a disaster emergency. In providing for the restoration, the commissioners may allocate moneys under this section for construction, reconstruction, installation, or repair projects. For each project the commissioners must determine that the allocation is necessary in order to restore permanent soil and water conservation practices in order to prevent erosion in excess of the applicable soil loss limits caused by the disaster emergency.   2. In order to allocate moneys under this section, the disaster emergency must have occurred in an area subject to a state of disaster emergency pursuant to a proclamation made by the governor as provided in section 29C.6. The commissioners shall use the moneys only to the extent that moneys from other sources, including any moneys provided by the state or federal government in response to the disaster emergency, are not adequate. The commissioners are not required to allocate the moneys on a cost-share basis.   3. Following the disaster emergency, the commissioners shall submit a report to the committee providing information regarding restoration projects and moneys allocated under this section for the projects.  97 Acts, ch 59, §2  Referred to in §161A.7
IA Code § 161A.76 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.76 - Cost-sharing for certain lands restricted.

161A.76 Cost-sharing for certain lands restricted.   1. It is the intent of this chapter that each tract of agricultural land which has not been plowed or used for growing row crops at any time within the prior fifteen years shall for purposes of this section be considered classified as agricultural land under conservation cover. If a tract of land so classified is thereafter plowed or used for growing row crops, the commissioners of the soil and water conservation district in which the land is located shall not approve use of state cost-sharing funds for establishing permanent or temporary soil and water conservation practices on that tract of land in an amount greater than one-half the amount of cost-sharing funds which would be available for that land if it were not considered classified as agricultural land under conservation cover. The restriction imposed by this section applies even if an administrative order or court order has been issued requiring establishment of soil and water conservation practices on that land. The commissioners may waive the restriction imposed by this section if they determine in advance that the purpose of plowing or row cropping land classified as land under conservation cover is to revitalize permanent pasture and that the land will revert to permanent pasture within two years after it is plowed.   2. When receiving an application for state cost-sharing funds to pay a part of the cost of establishing a permanent or temporary soil and water conservation practice, the commissioners of the soil and water conservation district to which the application is submitted shall require the applicant to state in writing whether, to the best of the applicant’s knowledge, the land on which the proposed practice will be established is land considered to be classified as agricultural land under conservation cover, as defined in subsection 1. An applicant who knowingly makes a false statement of material facts or who falsely denies knowledge of material facts in completing the written statement required by this subsection commits a simple misdemeanor and, in addition to the penalty prescribed therefor by law, shall be required to repay to the department any cost-sharing funds made available to the applicant in reliance on the false statement or false denial.  [C81, §467A.65]  87 Acts, ch 23, §42  C93, §161A.76  2012 Acts, ch 1095, §18  Referred to in §161A.63, 161A.71
IA Code § 161A.80 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.80 - Blufflands protection program and revolving fund.

161A.80 Blufflands protection program and revolving fund. Repealed by its own terms;  98 Acts, ch 1219, §17  ;  2005 Acts, ch 178, §17  . See §161A.80A.
IA Code § 161A.80A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.80A - Blufflands protection program and revolving fund.

161A.80A Blufflands protection program and revolving fund.   1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:   a. For purposes of this section only, “bluffland” means a cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face along the channel or floodplain of the Missouri or Mississippi river and their tributaries.   b. “Conservation organization” means a nonprofit corporation incorporated in Iowa or an entity organized and operated primarily to enhance and protect natural resources in this state.   2. A blufflands protection revolving fund is created in the state treasury. All proceeds shall be divided into two equal accounts. One account shall be used for the purchase of blufflands along the Mississippi river and its tributaries and the other account shall be used for the purchase of blufflands along the Missouri river and its tributaries. The proceeds of the revolving fund are appropriated to make loans to conservation organizations which agree to purchase bluffland properties adjacent to state public lands. The department of agriculture and land stewardship, in conjunction with the department of natural resources, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer the disbursement of funds. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on investments made pursuant to this section or as provided in section 12B.10 shall be credited to the blufflands protection revolving fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, unobligated or unencumbered funds credited to the blufflands protection revolving fund shall not revert at the close of a fiscal year. However, the maximum balance in the blufflands protection revolving fund shall not exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars. Any funds in excess of two million five hundred thousand dollars shall be credited to the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund. No loan shall be made under this section on or after July 1, 2025.   3. This section is repealed on July 1, 2030.  2015 Acts, ch 132, §45  Referred to in §161A.80B
IA Code § 161A.80B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161A - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION|Section 161A.80B - Outstanding bluffland protection loans.

161A.80B Outstanding bluffland protection loans.   1. The principal and interest from any loan made pursuant to section 161A.80A, as enacted in  2015 Iowa Acts, ch 132, §45  , remaining outstanding on July 1, 2025, that would have been payable to the blufflands protection revolving fund created in section 161A.80A, shall instead be paid to the division on or after July 1, 2025, pursuant to the terms of the loan agreement. The moneys paid to the division shall be credited to the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund created in section 8.57.   2. This section is repealed on July 1, 2030.  2015 Acts, ch 132, §46
IA Code § 161C.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161C - WATER PROTECTION PROJECTS AND PRACTICES|Section 161C.1 - Definitions.

161C.1 Definitions.   As used or referred to in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:   1. “Committee” means the state soil conservation and water quality committee established in section 161A.4.   2. “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship.   3. “District” means a soil and water conservation district established in chapter 161A.   4. “Division” means the division of soil conservation and water quality created within the department pursuant to section 159.5.   5. “Landowner” includes any person, including a federal agency, this state or any of its political subdivisions, who holds title to land lying within a proposed district.   6. “United States” or “agencies of the United States” includes the United States of America, the United States department of agriculture natural resources conservation service, and any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States.  88 Acts, ch 1189, §2  C89, §467F.1  C93, §161C.1  95 Acts, ch 216, §25; 2015 Acts, ch 103, §35; 2017 Acts, ch 159, §16
IA Code § 161C.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161C - WATER PROTECTION PROJECTS AND PRACTICES|Section 161C.2 - Water protection projects and practices.

161C.2 Water protection projects and practices.   1. a. Each soil and water conservation district, alone and whenever practical in conjunction with other districts, shall carry out district-wide and multiple-district projects to support water protection practices in the district or districts, including projects to protect this state’s groundwater and surface water from point and nonpoint sources of contamination, including but not limited to contamination by agricultural drainage wells, sinkholes, sedimentation, or chemical pollutants.   b. Any work project with an estimated cost in excess of the competitive bid threshold in section 26.3, or as established in section 314.1B, shall be undertaken as a public contract as provided in chapters 73A and 573. The local contracting organization shall designate a contracting officer and shall establish procedures to manage the contract, approve bills for payment, and review proposed change orders or amendments to the contract.   2. An owner of or occupant of land within a district may establish a water protection practice under this chapter by entering into an agreement with the district in which the owner or occupant receives financial assistance to establish water protection practices in consideration for promising to maintain the practices according to rules adopted by the division. The financial assistance may be in the form of grants, loans, or cost-sharing arrangements. An agreement shall not be binding until the assistance is specifically approved for that land and made available to the owner or occupant.   3. The division shall approve an award of financial assistance based on an application submitted by the owner or occupant of the land. The division may require a copy of the application with an evaluation of the application by the district. Each application for financial assistance shall be considered under a priority system adopted by the district for disbursement of unallocated funds. The district, under the supervision of a district technician, shall design proposed clean water practices for which financial assistance has been obligated. The district shall determine compliance with applicable design standards and specifications. The landowner shall construct and is liable for the performance of the water protection practices on the land.   4. The division shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this chapter, including rules relating to the approval of programs and projects, designing a project or water protection practices, the estimation of costs of a project or program, and the inspection of projects or practices being placed or maintained on the land.  88 Acts, ch 1189, §3  C89, §467F.2  C93, §161C.2  2000 Acts, ch 1068, §8; 2006 Acts, ch 1017, §22, 42, 43
IA Code § 161C.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161C - WATER PROTECTION PROJECTS AND PRACTICES|Section 161C.3 - Cooperation with other agencies.

161C.3 Cooperation with other agencies.   Soil and water conservation districts may enter into agreements with the United States, as provided by state law, or with the state of Iowa or any agency of the state, any other soil and water conservation district, or other political subdivision of this state, for cooperation in preventing, controlling, or attempting to prevent or control contamination of groundwater or surface water by point and nonpoint sources of pollution. Soil and water conservation districts may accept, as provided by state law, any money disbursed for water quality preservation purposes by the federal government or any agency of the federal government, and expend the money for the purposes for which it was received.  88 Acts, ch 1189, §4  C89, §467F.3  C93, §161C.3
IA Code § 161C.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161C - WATER PROTECTION PROJECTS AND PRACTICES|Section 161C.4 - Water protection fund.

161C.4 Water protection fund.   1. A water protection fund is created within the division. The fund is composed of money appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose, and moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the committee from the United States or private sources for placement in the fund. The fund shall be a revolving fund from which moneys may be used for loans, grants, administrative costs, and cost-sharing.   2. The fund shall be divided into two accounts, the water quality protection projects account and the water protection practices account. The first account shall be used to carry out water quality protection projects to protect the state’s surface and groundwater from point and nonpoint sources of contamination. The second account shall be used to establish water protection practices with individual landowners including but not limited to woodland establishment and protection, establishment of native grasses and forbs, sinkhole management, agricultural drainage well management, streambank stabilization, grass waterway establishment, stream buffer strip establishment, and erosion control structure construction. Twenty-five percent of funds appropriated to the water protection practices account shall be used for woodland establishment and protection, and establishment of native grasses and forbs. Soil and water conservation district commissioners shall give priority to applications for practices that implement their soil and water resource conservation plan.   3. In administering the fund the division may:   a. Contract, sue and be sued, and adopt rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, but the division or committee shall not in any manner directly or indirectly pledge the credit of this state.   b. Authorize payment from the water protection fund and from fees for costs, commissions, and other reasonable expenses.  88 Acts, ch 1189, §5  C89, §467F.4  89 Acts, ch 236, §16; 91 Acts, ch 260, §1235  C93, §161C.4  95 Acts, ch 216, §36; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §62; 2017 Acts, ch 159, §17  Referred to in §161A.73, 161C.7, 455A.19
IA Code § 161C.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161C - WATER PROTECTION PROJECTS AND PRACTICES|Section 161C.5 - Organic nutrient management fund.

161C.5 Organic nutrient management fund. Repealed by  2011 Acts, ch 46, §1  .
IA Code § 161C.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161C - WATER PROTECTION PROJECTS AND PRACTICES|Section 161C.6 - Organic nutrient management program.

161C.6 Organic nutrient management program. Repealed by  2011 Acts, ch 46, §1  .
IA Code § 161C.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161C - WATER PROTECTION PROJECTS AND PRACTICES|Section 161C.7 - Watershed protection.

161C.7 Watershed protection.   1. The department of agriculture and land stewardship shall implement and administer a watershed protection program. The department of agriculture and land stewardship, in consultation with the department of natural resources, shall annually establish a prioritized list of watersheds that are of the highest importance to the state’s water quality. The watershed protection program shall, to the extent practical, target for assistance those watersheds on the prioritized list. A soil and water conservation district, in cooperation with state agencies, local units of government, and private organizations, may submit an application for assistance to the department which provides a strategy for protecting soil, water quality, and other natural resources, and improving flood control in the watershed. Upon approval of an application, the department may provide a grant to the soil and water conservation district for purposes of carrying out the strategy provided in the application.   2. A watershed protection account is created within the water protection fund created in section 161C.4. Moneys credited to the account shall be distributed under the watershed protection program.   3. Administrative rules used for water quality protection projects under the water protection fund shall be used to administer the watershed protection program.  99 Acts, ch 204, §27; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §157; 2004 Acts, ch 1101, §26
IA Code § 161D.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161D - LOESS HILLS AND SOUTHERN IOWA DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION|Section 161D.2 - Loess hills development and conservation fund.

161D.2 Loess hills development and conservation fund.   A loess hills development and conservation fund is created in the state treasury. The fund shall include a hungry canyons account and a loess hills alliance account which shall be administered by the loess hills development and conservation authority. The proceeds of the respective accounts shall be used for the purposes specified in section 161D.1 or 161D.6 as applicable. The loess hills development and conservation authority may accept gifts, bequests, other moneys including, but not limited to, state or federal moneys, and in-kind contributions for deposit in the fund. The gifts, grants, bequests from public and private sources, state and federal moneys, and other moneys received by the authority shall be deposited in the respective accounts and any interest earned shall be credited to the respective accounts to be used for the purposes specified in section 161D.1 or 161D.6 as applicable. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any unexpended or unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state, but the moneys shall remain available for expenditure by the authority in succeeding fiscal years.  93 Acts, ch 136, §2; 99 Acts, ch 119, §2  Referred to in §161D.1, 161D.3
IA Code § 161D.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161D - LOESS HILLS AND SOUTHERN IOWA DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION|Section 161D.3 - Definitions.

161D.3 Definitions.   As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Alliance” means the loess hills alliance created in section 161D.5.   2. “Authority” means the loess hills development and conservation authority created in section 161D.1.   3. “Fund” means the loess hills development and conservation fund created in section 161D.2.  99 Acts, ch 119, §3; 2000 Acts, ch 1154, §15
IA Code § 161D.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161D - LOESS HILLS AND SOUTHERN IOWA DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION|Section 161D.4 - Mission statement.

161D.4 Mission statement.   The mission of the loess hills alliance is to create a common vision for Iowa’s loess hills, protecting special natural and cultural resources while ensuring economic viability and private property rights of the region.  99 Acts, ch 119, §4
IA Code § 161D.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161D - LOESS HILLS AND SOUTHERN IOWA DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION|Section 161D.5 - Loess hills alliance created.

161D.5 Loess hills alliance created.   1. A loess hills alliance is created. The alliance shall carry out its responsibilities under the general direction of the loess hills development and conservation authority. The alliance shall encompass the geographic region including the counties of Plymouth, Woodbury, Monona, Harrison, Pottawattamie, Mills, and Fremont. Membership and participation in projects of the alliance is not required. The alliance shall be governed by a board of directors appointed as follows:   a. Three members appointed by the board of supervisors of each county participating in the alliance and at least one of the appointees shall be a member of the board of supervisors of a county participating in the alliance.   b. Seven additional voting members who shall be persons with experience in the fields of environmental affairs, conservation, finance, development, tourism, or related fields, and who shall be appointed by the authority.   c. The voting members of the board of directors appointed pursuant to paragraphs “a” and “b” shall include agricultural producers owning real property within the loess hills landform.   2. Each voting member of the board of directors shall be a resident of a county which is eligible for membership in the authority pursuant to section 161D.1 and shall be appointed to a term of office as determined by the authority. The directors of the alliance shall carry out their responsibilities pursuant to bylaws approved by the authority.  99 Acts, ch 119, §5; 2000 Acts, ch 1111, §3  Referred to in §161D.3
IA Code § 161D.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161D - LOESS HILLS AND SOUTHERN IOWA DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION|Section 161D.6 - Responsibilities.

161D.6 Responsibilities.   The board of directors of the alliance shall have the following responsibilities:   1. To prepare and adopt a comprehensive plan for the development and conservation of the loess hills area subject to the approval of the authority. The plan shall provide for the designation of significant scenic areas, the protection of native vegetation, the education of the public on the need for and methods of preserving the natural resources of the loess hills area, and the promotion of tourism and related business and industry in the loess hills area.   2. To apply for, accept, and expend public and private funds for planning and implementing projects, programs, and other components of the mission of the alliance subject to approval of the authority.   3. To study different options for the protection and preservation of significant historic, scenic, geologic, and recreational areas of the loess hills including but not limited to a federal or state park, preserve, or monument designation, fee title acquisition, or restrictive easement.   4. To make recommendations to and coordinate the planning and projects of the alliance with the authority.   5. To develop and implement pilot projects for the protection of loess hills areas with the use of restrictive easements from willing sellers and fee title ownership from willing sellers subject to approval of the authority.   6. To report annually not later than January 15 to the general assembly the activities of the alliance during the preceding fiscal year including, but not limited to, its projects, funding, and expenditures.  99 Acts, ch 119, §6, 7, 9  Referred to in §161D.2
IA Code § 161D.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 161D - LOESS HILLS AND SOUTHERN IOWA DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION|Section 161D.7 - Program coordination.

161D.7 Program coordination.   The department of natural resources shall coordinate the blufflands protection program with the program and projects of the loess hills alliance.  99 Acts, ch 119, §8  Blufflands protection program; §161A.80A