28L.1 - STATE INTERAGENCY MISSOURI RIVER AUTHORITY CREATED -- DUTIES.
28L.1 STATE INTERAGENCY MISSOURI RIVER AUTHORITY
CREATED -- DUTIES.
1. A state interagency Missouri river authority is created. The
members of the authority shall include the governor or the governor's
designee, the secretary of agriculture or the secretary's designee,
the chairperson of the utilities board or the chairperson's designee,
and the directors of the department of natural resources, the state
department of transportation, and the department of economic
development or the directors' designees. The governor shall serve as
chairperson. The director of the department of natural resources or
the director's designee shall serve as the coordinator of the
authority's activities and shall serve as chairperson in the absence
of the governor.
2. The authority shall be responsible for representing the
interests of this state with regard to its membership in the Missouri
river association of states and tribes and to promote the management
of the Missouri river in a manner that does not negatively impact
landowners along the river or negatively impact the state's economy,
and in a manner that positively impacts this state's many interests
along, in, and on the river. The Missouri river association of
states and tribes is an interstate association of government
representatives formed to seek consensus solutions to issues
impacting the Missouri river basin.
3. The director of the department of natural resources or the
director's designee shall coordinate regular meetings of the state
interagency Missouri river authority to determine the state's
position before any meeting of the Missouri river association of
states and tribes or before a substantive proposal or action is voted
upon at such meeting. The members of the state interagency Missouri
river authority shall attempt to achieve consensus on the state's
position regarding any substantive proposal or action being
considered by the Missouri river association of states and tribes.
Regardless of whether a consensus can be achieved, a vote of the
members shall be taken. The state interagency Missouri river
authority shall not vote to approve or disapprove a substantive
proposal or action being considered by the Missouri river association
of states and tribes without the approval of a majority of the
members of the authority. The director of the department of natural
resources or the director's designee shall cast the votes for the
state interagency Missouri river authority that are reflective of the
position of the authority.
4. The state interagency Missouri river authority shall seek
input from stakeholder groups in this state with regard to issues
impacting the Missouri river basin. Section History: Recent Form
2002 Acts, ch 1009, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1150, §1