Bill Text: IA SF491 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring the water resources coordinating council to make recommendations for a pilot project for universal riparian buffers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-12 - Subcommittee: Behn, Hogg, and Kapucian. S.J. 593. [SF491 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF491-Introduced.html
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A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
the
water
resources
coordinating
council
to
1
make
recommendations
for
a
pilot
project
for
universal
2
riparian
buffers.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
WATER
RESOURCES
COORDINATING
COUNCIL
——
PILOT
1
PROJECT
TO
INSTALL
RIPARIAN
BUFFERS.
2
1.
The
water
resources
coordinating
council
established
3
pursuant
to
section
466B.3
shall
make
recommendations
for
the
4
implementation
of
a
pilot
project
involving
the
installation
of
5
riparian
buffers
consisting
of
perennial
vegetation
adjacent
to
6
waters
of
the
state
to
be
located
within
a
subwatershed
that
7
is
part
of
a
regional
watershed
as
defined
in
section
466B.2
8
and
that
is
on
a
list
of
targeted
subwatersheds
or
regional
9
watersheds
prepared
by
the
department
of
natural
resources.
10
2.
The
pilot
project
shall
do
all
of
the
following:
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a.
Protect
state
water
resources
from
erosion
and
runoff
12
pollution.
13
b.
Stabilize
soils,
shores,
and
banks.
14
c.
Protect
or
provide
riparian
corridors.
15
d.
Achieve
adoption
of
buffers
by
all
landowners
owing
16
shoreland
in
the
watershed.
17
3.
In
preparing
the
recommendations,
the
council
shall
18
consider
methods
to
best
implement
a
pilot
project,
including
19
but
not
limited
to
planning,
mapping,
providing
technical
and
20
financial
assistance,
alternative
practices,
tracking
progress
21
towards
compliance,
enforcement,
other
governance
issues,
and
22
maintenance.
23
4.
In
preparing
the
recommendations,
the
council
shall
24
consult
with
commissioners
of
soil
and
water
conservation
25
districts,
local
water
management
authorities,
interested
state
26
agencies
and
private
organizations,
and
landowners.
27
5.
The
council
shall
prepare
and
submit
a
report
to
the
28
governor
and
general
assembly
not
later
than
January
13,
2020.
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The
report
shall
include
recommendations
for
action
by
the
30
general
assembly,
including
proposed
legislation
to
establish
31
the
pilot
project
for
consideration
by
the
general
assembly
32
during
the
2020
legislative
session.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
requires
the
water
resources
coordinating
council
2
to
make
recommendations
for
a
pilot
project
involving
the
3
installation
of
riparian
buffers
consisting
of
perennial
4
vegetation
adjacent
to
waters
of
the
state.
The
pilot
project
5
is
to
establish
water
quality
practices,
protect
state
water
6
resources,
stabilize
soil,
protect
riparian
corridors,
and
7
provide
for
buffers
along
shorelines.
The
council
is
required
8
to
prepare
and
submit
a
report
to
the
governor
and
general
9
assembly
not
later
than
January
13,
2020.
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