466A.2 - WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT FUND.

        466A.2  WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT FUND.         1.  A watershed improvement fund is created in the state treasury      which shall be administered by the treasurer of state upon direction      of the watershed improvement review board.  Moneys appropriated to      the fund and any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted      by the treasurer of state for placement in the fund shall be      deposited in the fund.  Additionally, payments of interest,      recaptures of awards, and other repayments to the fund shall be      deposited in the fund.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2,      interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the      fund.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain      unencumbered or unobligated at the end of the fiscal year shall not      revert, but shall remain available for the same purpose in the      succeeding fiscal year.  The moneys in the fund shall be used      exclusively for carrying out the purposes of the fund as provided in      this section.  Moneys appropriated to the treasurer of state and      deposited in the fund shall not be used by the treasurer of state for      administrative purposes.         2.  The purposes of the watershed improvement fund are the      following:         a.  Enhancement of water quality in the state through a      variety of impairment-based, locally directed watershed improvement      grant projects.  Innovative water quality projects shall be      encouraged.         b.  Positively affecting the management and use of water for      the purposes of drinking, agriculture, recreation, sport, and      economic development in the state.         c.  Ensuring public participation in the process of      determining priorities related to water quality including but not      limited to all of the following:         (1)  Agricultural runoff and drainage.         (2)  Stream bank erosion.         (3)  Municipal discharge.         (4)  Storm water runoff.         (5)  Unsewered communities.         (6)  Industrial discharge.         (7)  Livestock runoff.         (8)  Structures and conservation systems for the prevention and      mitigation of floods within the watershed of the project.         (9)  Removal of channels of waterways to allow waterways to      meander.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2005 Acts, ch 159, §4; 2007 Acts, ch 211, §38; 2009 Acts, ch 146,      §5         Referred to in § 466A.1