House File 634 - Enrolled




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                                         House File 634

                             AN ACT
 PROVIDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND
    STEWARDSHIP'S ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING
    BY ELIMINATING PAST DATES RELATING TO A DETERMINATION OF
    IOWA=FOALED HORSE AND TO THE REHABILITATION AND CONSERVATION
    OF LAND AFFECTED BY COAL MINING, PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT BY
    THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN ARTICLES,
    ALLOWING THE DEPARTMENT TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE CERTAIN
    FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS AFFECTING MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS,
    MODIFYING THE DEFINITION OF BIOBUTANOL, ELIMINATING
    DEPARTMENTAL DUTIES AND FEES RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND
    MEASURES, PROVIDING FOR PURCHASED=GRAIN FEES PAID INTO THE
    IOWA GRAIN INDEMNITY FUND, AND CHANGING THE NAME OF THE
    DIVISION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION AND THE NAME OF ITS
    APPOINTED ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
                           DIVISION I
                      REGULATORY PROVISIONS
    Section 1.  Section 99D.22, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    a.  All thoroughbred horses, quarter horses, or standardbred
 horses foaled in Iowa prior to January 1, 1985, which are
 registered by the jockey club, American quarter horse
 association, or United States trotting association as Iowa
 foaled shall be considered to be Iowa foaled.
    Sec. 2.  Section 99D.22, subsection 2, paragraph b,
 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
    After January 1, 1985, eligibility Eligibility for brood
 mare residence shall be achieved by meeting at least one of the
 following rules:
    Sec. 3.  Section 189.6, Code 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
    189.6  Taking of samples.
    The department may, without the consent of the owner,
 examine or open any package containing, or believed to contain,
 any article or product which it suspects may be prepared,
 manufactured, offered, or exposed for sale, sold, or held in
 possession in violation of the provisions of this subtitle, in
 order to secure a sample for analysis or examination, and the
 sample and damage to container shall be paid for at the current
 market price out of the contingent fund of by the department.
    Sec. 4.  Section 192.101A, Code 2015, is amended by adding
 the following new subsection:
    NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  "Federal publication" means a
 publication produced by the United States department of health
 and human services including the United States public health
 service and United States food and drug administration.
    Sec. 5.  Section 192.102, Code 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
    192.102  Grade "A" pasteurized milk ordinance.
    The department shall adopt, by rule, rules incorporating or
 incorporating by reference the federal publication entitled
  "Grade 'A' Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, 2005 Revision",
 including a subsequent revision of the ordinance Ordinance".
 If the ordinance specifies that compliance with a provision of
 the ordinance's appendices is mandatory, the department shall
 also adopt that provision. The department shall not amend the
 ordinance, unless the department explains each amendment and
 reasons for the amendment in the Iowa administrative bulletin
 when the rules are required to be published pursuant to chapter
 17A.  The department shall administer this chapter consistent
 with the provisions of the ordinance.
    Sec. 6.  Section 192.110, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended
 to read as follows:
    1.  The person has a pasteurized milk and milk products
 sanitation compliance rating of ninety percent or more as
 calculated according to the rating system as contained in
 rules adopted by the department incorporating or incorporating
 by reference the federal public health service publications,
  entitled "Procedures Governing the Cooperative State=Public
 Health Service/Food and Drug Administration Program for
 Certification of Interstate Milk Shippers 2003" Shipments"
  and "Method "Methods of Making Sanitation Ratings of Milk
 Supplies, 2003 Revision" Shippers". The applicable provisions
 of these publications are incorporated into this section by
 this reference. A copy of each publication shall be on file
 with the department or in the office of the person subject to
 an inspection contract as provided in section 192.108.
    Sec. 7.  Section 192.111, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code
 2015, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 8.  Section 192.118, Code 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
    192.118  Certified laboratories.
    1.  To insure uniformity in the tests and reporting, an
 employee certified by the United States public health service
 of the bacteriological laboratory of the department shall
 annually certify, in accordance with the United States food
 and drug administration rules adopted by the department
 incorporating or incorporating by reference the federal
  publication entitled "Evaluation of Milk Laboratories" (1995
 revision), all laboratories doing work in the sanitary quality
 of milk and dairy products for public report. The approval
 by the department shall be based on the evaluation of these
 laboratories as to personnel training, laboratory methods
 used, and reporting. The results on tests made by approved
 laboratories shall be reported to the department on request,
 on forms prescribed by the secretary of agriculture, and such
 reports may be used by the department.
    2.  The department shall annually certify, in accordance
 with rules adopted by the department incorporating or
 incorporating by reference the United States food and drug
 administration federal publication entitled "Evaluation of
 Milk Laboratories" (1995 revision), every laboratory in the
 state doing work in the sanitary quality of milk and dairy
 products for public report. The certifying officer may enter
 any such place at any reasonable hour to make the survey.
 The management of the laboratory shall afford free access to
 every part of the premises and render all aid and assistance
 necessary to enable the certifying officer to make a thorough
 and complete examination.
    Sec. 9.  Section 199.3, subsection 6, Code 2015, is amended
 to read as follows:
    6.  Seed sold on or from the farm, which is exempt from
 the permit requirements by section 199.15, shall be labeled
 on the basis of tests performed by the Iowa state university
 of science and technology seed testing laboratory, department
 of agriculture and land stewardship seed laboratory, or
 a commercial seed laboratory personally supervised by a
 registered seed technologist. Tests for labeling shall be as
 provided in section 199.10.
    Sec. 10.  Section 199.10, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph
 1, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    Charges for seed testing by the Iowa state university or
 department of agriculture and land stewardship seed testing
  laboratory shall be determined by the Iowa state university
  laboratory. Separate fee schedules shall be published for:
    Sec. 11.  Section 199.10, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    a.  Integrate seed testing so as to avoid unnecessary
 duplication of personnel and equipment. The department of
 agriculture and land stewardship seed laboratory shall be
 primarily concerned with seed testing for seed law enforcement
 purposes. The Iowa state university seed testing laboratory
 shall promote seed education and research and shall conduct
 service testing for farmers and seed dealers.
    Sec. 12.  Section 203D.1, subsection 14, Code 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
    14.  a.  "Purchased grain" means grain which is entered
 in the company=owned paid position as evidenced on the grain
 dealer's daily position record.
    b.  "Purchased grain" does not include grain that is subject
 to an exempt transaction based on documentation satisfactory
 to the department showing that the grain dealer did any of the
 following:
    (1)  Purchased the grain from the United States government or
 any of its subdivisions or agencies.
    (2)  Purchased the grain from a person licensed as a grain
 dealer in any jurisdiction.
    (3)  Purchased the grain under a credit=sale contract.
    (4)  Entered the grain in the company=owned paid position as
 a cancellation of a collateral warehouse receipt.
    (5)  Entered the grain in the company=owned paid position as
 an intra=company location transfer.
    Sec. 13.  Section 203D.3A, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    a.  A per=bushel fee shall be assessed on all purchased
 grain. However, if the grain dealer provides documentation
 regarding the transaction satisfactory to the department, the
 following transactions shall be excluded from the per=bushel
 fee:
    (1)  Grain purchased from the United States government or any
 of its subdivisions or agencies.
    (2)  Grain purchased from a person licensed as a grain dealer
 in any jurisdiction.
    (3)  Grain purchased under a credit=sale contract.
    Sec. 14.  Section 203D.5, subsection 2, paragraph a,
 subparagraph (1), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    (1)  For a licensed grain dealer, not more than fourteen
 thousandths of a cent per bushel assessed on all purchased
 grain entered in the company=owned paid position during the
 grain dealer's last fiscal year at each location at which
 records are maintained for transactions of the grain dealer,
 as determined according to information submitted by the grain
 dealer to the department for the issuance or renewal of a
 license as provided in section 203.5.
    Sec. 15.  Section 203D.5, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph
 1, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    If, at the end of any three=month period, on the last date of
 the fund's fiscal year as provided in section 203D.3 the assets
 of the fund exceed eight million dollars, less any encumbered
 balances or pending or unsettled claims, all of the following
 apply:
    Sec. 16.  Section 206.32, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended
 to read as follows:
    1.  A person shall not offer for sale, sell, purchase, apply,
 or use chlordane in this state, on or after January 1, 1989.
    Sec. 17.  Section 207.1, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended
 to read as follows:
    1.  It is the policy of this state to provide for the
 rehabilitation and conservation of land affected by coal mining
 and preserve natural resources, protect and perpetuate the
 taxable value of property, and protect and promote the health,
 and safety, and general welfare of the people of this state.
    Sec. 18.  Section 207.21, subsection 3, paragraphs a and b,
 Code 2015, are amended to read as follows:
    a.  The protection of public health, safety, general welfare,
  and property from extreme danger of adverse effects of coal
 mining practices.
    b.  The protection of public health, and safety, and general
 welfare from adverse effects of coal mining practices.
    Sec. 19.  Section 207.23, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended
 to read as follows:
    1.  Within six months after the completion of a project to
 restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent adverse effects
 of past coal mining practices on privately owned land, the
 division shall itemize the money expended on the project
 and may file a lien statement in the office of the district
 court clerk of each county in which a portion of the property
 affected by the project is located, together with a notarized
 appraisal by an independent appraiser of the value of the land
 before the restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or
 prevention of adverse effects of past mining practices if the
 money so expended results in a significant increase in property
 value. A copy of the lien statement and the appraisal, if
 required, shall be served upon affected property owners in the
 manner provided for service of an original notice. The lien
 shall not exceed the amount determined by the appraiser to be
 the increase in the market value of the land as a result of the
 restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention
 of adverse effects of past coal mining practices. A lien
 shall not be filed in accordance with this subsection against
 the property of a person who owned the surface prior to May
 2, 1977, and who neither consented to, participated in, nor
 exercised control over the mining operation which necessitated
 the reclamation performed.
    Sec. 20.  Section 214A.1, subsection 3, Code 2015, is amended
 to read as follows:
    3.  "Biobutanol" means isobutyl or n=butyl alcohol that is
 to be blended with gasoline if it meets the standards provided
 in section 214A.2.
    Sec. 21.  Section 214A.2, subsection 3, paragraph c,
 subparagraph (1), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    (1)  Biobutanol must be an agriculturally derived isobutyl
 or n=butyl alcohol that meets A.S.T.M. international
 specification D7862 for butanol for blending with gasoline for
 use as automotive spark=ignition engine fuel, or a successor
 A.S.T.M. international specification, as established by rules
 adopted by the department.
    Sec. 22.  Section 215.17, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended
 to read as follows:
    1.  A person engaged in scale repair work for hire shall
 use only test weights sealed by a laboratory approved by the
 department in determining the effectiveness of repair work and
 the test weights shall be sealed as to their accuracy once each
 year. However, a person shall not claim to be an official
 scale inspector and shall not use the test weights except to
 determine the accuracy of scale repair work done by the person
 and the person shall not be entitled to a fee for their use. A
 fee shall be charged and collected at time of inspection for
 the inspection of such weights as follows:
 All weights up to and including 25
 pounds$   1.10 each
  Over 25 pounds capacity,
 up to and including 50 pounds    2.25 each
  Over 50 pounds capacity, up to and
 including 100 pounds    3.00 each
  Over 100 pounds capacity, up to
 and including 500 pounds    4.50 each
  Over 500 pounds capacity, up to
 and including 1,000 pounds    7.50 each
    Sec. 23.  Section 215.17, subsection 2, Code 2015, is amended
 by striking the subsection.
                           DIVISION II
               SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATER QUALITY
    Sec. 24.  Section 159.5, subsection 12, Code 2015, is amended
 to read as follows:
    12.  Establish Create and maintain a division of soil
 conservation and water quality as provided in chapter 161A.
  The division administrator division's director shall be
 appointed by the secretary from a list of names of persons
 recommended by the soil conservation committee, pursuant to
 section 161A.4, subsection 6, paragraph "c", and shall serve
 at the pleasure of the secretary.  The director shall be the
 administrator responsible for carrying out the provisions of
 chapters 207 and 208.
    Sec. 25.  Section 159.18, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended
 to read as follows:
    1.  As used in this section, "farm programs" includes but
 is not limited to financial incentive programs established
 within the department's division of soil conservation of the
 department of agriculture and land stewardship and water
 quality as provided in section 161A.70 and the beginning farmer
 loan program administered by the Iowa finance authority as
 provided in section 16.75 chapter 16.
    Sec. 26.  Section 161A.3, subsection 7, Code 2015, is amended
 to read as follows:
    7.  "Division" means the division of soil conservation and
 water quality created within the department pursuant to section
 159.5.
    Sec. 27.  Section 161A.4, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended
 to read as follows:
    1.  The soil conservation division is established of soil
 conservation and water quality created within the department to
  pursuant to section 159.5 shall perform the functions conferred
 upon it in this chapter and chapters 161C, 161E, 161F, 207, and
 208. The division shall be administered in accordance with the
 policies of the state soil conservation committee, which shall
 advise the division and which shall approve administrative
 rules proposed by the division for the administration of this
 chapter and chapters 161C, 161E, 161F, 207, and 208 before the
 rules are adopted pursuant to section 17A.5. If a difference
 exists between the committee and secretary regarding the
 content of a proposed rule, the secretary shall notify the
 chairperson of the committee of the difference within thirty
 days from the committee's action on the rule. The secretary
 and the committee shall meet to resolve the difference within
 thirty days after the secretary provides the committee with
 notice of the difference.
    Sec. 28.  Section 161A.4, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph
 1, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    In addition to other duties and powers conferred upon the
 division of soil conservation and water quality, the division
 has the following duties and powers:
    Sec. 29.  Section 161A.4, subsection 6, paragraph c, Code
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    c.  The committee shall recommend three persons to the
 secretary of agriculture who shall appoint from the persons
 recommended an administrative a director to head the division
 and serve at the pleasure of the secretary. After reviewing
 the names submitted, the secretary may request that the
 soil conservation committee submit additional names for
 consideration.
    Sec. 30.  Section 161A.6, unnumbered paragraph 4, Code 2015,
 is amended to read as follows:
    The commissioners may call upon the attorney general of
 the state for such legal services as they may require. The
 commissioners may delegate to their chairperson, to one or more
 commissioners or to one or more agents, or employees, such
 powers and duties as they may deem proper. The commissioners
 shall furnish to the division of soil conservation, upon
 request, copies of such ordinances, rules, regulations, orders,
 contracts, forms, and other documents as they shall adopt or
 employ, and such other information concerning their activities
 as it may require in the performance of its duties under this
 chapter.
    Sec. 31.  Section 161A.7, subsection 1, paragraph n,
 subparagraph (2), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    (2)  The title page of the district plan and a notification
 stating where the plan may be reviewed shall be recorded with
 the recorder in the county in which the district is located,
 and updated as necessary, after the committee approves and
 the administrator director of the division signs the district
 plan. The commissioners shall provide notice of the recording
 and may provide a copy of the approved district plan to the
 county board of supervisors in the county where the district is
 located. The district plan shall be filed with the division
 as part of the state soil and water resource conservation plan
 provided in section 161A.4.
    Sec. 32.  Section 161A.18, Code 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
    161A.18  Certification.
    Following the entry in the official minutes of the soil and
 water conservation district commissioners of the creation of
 the subdistrict, the commissioners shall certify this fact on a
 separate form, authentic copies of which shall be recorded with
 the county recorder of each county in which any portion of the
 subdistrict lies, and with the division of soil conservation.
    Sec. 33.  Section 161A.61, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    b.  Bring the farm unit which is the subject of the order
 into compliance with a plan developed for that farm unit by the
 commissioners, in accordance with guidelines established by
 the division of soil conservation, and presented to the court
 as a part of the commissioners' petition, if a farm unit soil
 conservation plan has not previously been agreed upon for that
 farm unit. A plan presented to the court by the commissioners
 under this paragraph shall specify as many alternative approved
 soil and water conservation practices as feasible, among which
 the owner or occupant of the farm unit may choose in taking the
 steps necessary to comply with the court's order.
    Sec. 34.  Section 161A.80, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    b.  The principal and interest from any blufflands protection
 loan outstanding on July 1, 2015, and payable to the blufflands
 protection revolving fund, shall be paid to the administrative
  director of the division of soil conservation and water quality
 created in section 159.5 on or after July 1, 2015, pursuant to
 the terms of the loan agreement and shall be credited to the
 rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund.
    Sec. 35.  Section 161C.1, subsection 4, Code 2015, is amended
 to read as follows:
    4.  "Division" means the division of soil conservation and
 water quality created within the department pursuant to section
 159.5.
    Sec. 36.  Section 161D.1, subsection 2, Code 2015, is amended
 to read as follows:
    2.  The mission of the authority is to develop and coordinate
 plans for projects related to the unique natural resource,
 rural development, and infrastructure problems of counties
 in the deep loess region of western Iowa. The erosion and
 degradation of stream channels in the deep loess soils has
 occurred due to historic channelization of the Missouri river
 and straightening stream channels of its tributaries. This
 erosion of land has damaged the rural infrastructure of this
 area, destroyed public roads and bridges, adversely impacted
 stream water quality and riparian habitat, and affected other
 public and private improvements. Stabilization of stream
 channels is necessary to protect the rural infrastructure
 in the deep loess soils area of the state. The authority
 shall cooperate with the division of soil conservation of and
 water quality created within the department of agriculture
 and land stewardship pursuant to section 159.5, the affected
 soil and water conservation districts, the department of
 natural resources, and the state department of transportation
 in carrying out its mission and duties. The authority shall
 also cooperate with appropriate federal agencies, including
 the United States environmental protection agency, the United
 States department of interior, and the United States department
 of agriculture natural resources conservation service. The
 authority shall make use of technical resources available
 through member counties and cooperating agencies.
    Sec. 37.  Section 161D.8, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
 1, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    The authority shall submit to the department of management,
 the legislative services agency, and the division of soil
 conservation and water quality of the department of agriculture
 and land stewardship, on or before December 31 annually, a
 report including information regarding all of the following:
    Sec. 38.  Section 161D.11, subsection 3, Code 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
    3.  The authority shall cooperate with the division of soil
 conservation and water quality of the department of agriculture
 and land stewardship, and the affected soil and water
 conservation districts, the department of natural resources,
 and the state department of transportation in carrying out
 its mission and duties. The authority shall also cooperate
 with appropriate federal agencies, including the United States
 environmental protection agency, the United States department
 of interior, and the United States department of agriculture
 natural resources conservation service. The authority shall
 make use of technical resources available through member
 counties and cooperating agencies.
    Sec. 39.  Section 161D.13, subsection 1, unnumbered
 paragraph 1, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    The southern Iowa development and conservation authority
 shall submit to the department of management, the legislative
 services agency, and the division of soil conservation and
 water quality of the department of agriculture and land
 stewardship, on or before December 31 annually, a report
 including information regarding all of the following:
    Sec. 40.  Section 207.2, subsections 1 and 3, Code 2015, are
 amended to read as follows:
    1.  "Administrator" means the division administrator of the
 division of soil conservation or a designee.
    3.  "Division" means the division of soil conservation and
 water quality created within the department of agriculture and
 land stewardship pursuant to section 159.5.
    Sec. 41.  Section 208.2, subsections 1 and 4, Code 2015, are
 amended to read as follows:
    1.  "Administrator" means the administrator of the division
 of soil conservation or a designee.
    4.  "Division" means the division of soil conservation and
 water quality created within the department of agriculture and
 land stewardship pursuant to section 159.5.
    Sec. 42.  Section 455A.1, subsection 6, Code 2015, is amended
 by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 43.  Section 455A.19, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    c.  Twenty percent shall be allocated to the soil and
 water enhancement account. The moneys shall be used to carry
 out soil and water enhancement programs including, but not
 limited to, reforestation, woodland protection and enhancement,
 wildlife habitat preservation and enhancement, protection of
 highly erodible soils, and clean water programs. The division
 of soil conservation and water quality within the department
 of agriculture and land stewardship, by rule, shall establish
 procedures for eligibility, application, review, and selection
 of projects and practices to implement the requirements of
 this paragraph. There is appropriated from the soil and
 water enhancement account to the soil conservation division
 of soil conservation and water quality the amount in that
 account, or so much thereof as is necessary, to carry out the
 programs as specified in this paragraph. Remaining funds of
 the soil and water enhancement account shall be allocated
 to the accounts of the water protection fund authorized in
 section 161C.4. Annually, fifty percent of the soil and water
 enhancement account funds shall be allocated to the water
 quality protection projects account. The balance of the funds
 shall be allocated to the water protection practices account.
 An appropriation made under this paragraph shall continue in
 force for two fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the
 appropriation was made or until completion of the project for
 which the appropriation was made, whichever date is earlier.
 All unencumbered or unobligated funds remaining at the close
 of the fiscal year in which the project is completed or at the
 close of the third fiscal year, whichever date is earlier,
 shall revert to the soil and water enhancement account.
    Sec. 44.  Section 456.11, subsection 10, Code 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
    10.  Copies furnished.  The state geologist shall provide the
 division of soil conservation and water quality created within
 the department of agriculture and land stewardship pursuant to
 section 159.5 a copy of each map and map extension received by
 the geologist under this section.
    Sec. 45.  Section 460.101, Code 2015, is amended by adding
 the following new unnumbered paragraph before subsection 1:
 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH  As used in this chapter, unless
 the context otherwise requires:
    Sec. 46.  Section 460.101, subsection 6, Code 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
    6.  "Division" means the division of soil conservation
 division of and water quality created within the department of
 agriculture and land stewardship pursuant to section 159.5.
    Sec. 47.  Section 460.303, subsection 1, Code 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
    1.  An agricultural drainage well water quality assistance
 fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the
 soil conservation division. The fund is composed of moneys
 appropriated by the general assembly, and moneys available to
 and obtained or accepted by the division or the state soil
 conservation committee established pursuant to section 161A.4,
 from the United States or private sources for placement in the
 fund.
    Sec. 48.  Section 460.304, subsection 1, Code 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
    1.  The soil conservation division shall establish an
 agricultural drainage well water quality assistance program
 as provided by rules which shall be adopted by the division
 pursuant to chapter 17A.  The program shall be supported from
 moneys deposited in the agricultural drainage well water
 quality assistance fund created pursuant to section 460.303.
    Sec. 49.  Section 461.33, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    a.  Soil conservation and watershed protection, including by
 supporting the soil conservation division of soil conservation
 and water quality within the department of agriculture and
 land stewardship and soil and water conservation district
 commissioners. The department may provide for the installation
 of conservation practices and watershed protection improvements
 as provided in chapters 161A, 161C, 461A, 466, and 466A.
    Sec. 50.  Section 466A.1, subsection 3, Code 2015, is amended
 to read as follows:
    3.  "Division" means the division of soil conservation and
 water quality created within the department of agriculture and
 land stewardship as established in pursuant to section 161A.4
  159.5.
    Sec. 51.  Section 466A.5, Code 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
    466A.5  Administration.
    The soil conservation division of soil conservation and
 water quality created within the department of agriculture
 and land stewardship pursuant to section 159.5 shall provide
 administrative support to the board. Not more than one percent
 of the total moneys deposited in the general account of the
 watershed improvement fund on July 1 of a fiscal year or fifty
 thousand dollars, whichever is less, is appropriated each
 fiscal year to the division for the purposes of assisting
 the watershed improvement review board in administering this
 chapter.
    Sec. 52.  Section 466B.3, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    b.  The director of the division of soil conservation
 division of and water quality within the department of
 agriculture and land stewardship or the director's designee.
    Sec. 53.  Section 466B.41, subsection 3, Code 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
    3.  "Division" means the division of soil conservation and
 water quality created within the department of agriculture and
 land stewardship as established in pursuant to section 161A.4
  159.5.
    Sec. 54.  Section 466B.48, subsection 2, paragraph g, Code
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    g.  The administrative director of the soil conservation
  division of the department of agriculture and land stewardship
 as provided in chapter 161A, or the administrative director's
 designee.


                                                             
                               KRAIG PAULSEN
                               Speaker of the House


                                                             
                               PAM JOCHUM
                               President of the Senate
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
 is known as House File 634, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.


                                                             
                               CARMINE BOAL
                               Chief Clerk of the House
 Approved                , 2015


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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