A bill for an act relating to clean water projects and programs by requiring agencies to publish data regarding progress in meeting certain benchmarks.

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BY

CROKEN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

clean

water

projects

and

programs

by

1

requiring

agencies

to

publish

data

regarding

progress

in

2

meeting

certain

benchmarks.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

466B.2,

Code

2026,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

1A.

“Division”

means

the

division

of

soil

3

conservation

and

water

quality

created

within

the

department

of

4

agriculture

and

land

stewardship

pursuant

to

section

159.5.

5

Sec.

2.

Section

466B.3,

subsection

4,

paragraph

b,

Code

6

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

7

b.

The

director

of

the

division

of

soil

conservation

and

8

water

quality

within

the

department

of

agriculture

and

land

9

stewardship

or

the

director’s

designee.

10

Sec.

3.

NEW

SECTION

.

466B.12

Benchmark

reporting.

11

In

administering

any

project

or

program

supported

by

12

state

moneys

that

monitors

surface

water

for

the

purpose

of

13

establishing

benchmarks

to

determine

progress

in

meeting

a

14

clean

water

goal

or

objective,

the

department

of

natural

15

resources

or

the

division,

whichever

administers

the

program

16

or

project,

shall

publish

and

regularly

update

a

benchmark

17

status

report

on

an

internet

site

administered

jointly

by

18

the

department

of

natural

resources

and

the

division.

The

19

project

or

program

may

be

established

or

created

in

this

20

chapter,

or

another

chapter,

if

it

authorizes

the

department

21

of

natural

resources

or

the

division

to

monitor

surface

22

water

for

purposes

of

acquiring

data

relating

to

nutrient

23

loads,

precipitation-induced

surface

runoff,

or

storm

water

24

discharges.

The

report

shall

include

measurements

taken

before

25

a

project

or

program

begins,

during

the

period

when

the

project

26

or

program

is

ongoing,

and

after

the

project

or

program

is

27

completed.

28

Sec.

4.

Section

466B.41,

subsection

3,

Code

2026,

is

amended

29

by

striking

the

subsection.

30

EXPLANATION

31

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

32

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

33

This

bill

requires

the

department

of

natural

resources

and

34

the

division

of

soil

conservation

and

water

quality

within

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the

department

of

agriculture

and

land

stewardship

to

publish

1

a

report

regarding

any

project

or

program

supported

by

state

2

moneys

that

establishes

benchmarks

in

achieving

water

quality

3

objectives

or

goals.

The

reports

must

be

published

on

an

4

internet

site

administered

jointly

by

the

two

agencies.

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