161A.74 - MANDATORY ESTABLISHMENT OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PRACTICES -- ALLOCATIONS.
161A.74 MANDATORY ESTABLISHMENT OF SOIL AND WATER
CONSERVATION PRACTICES -- ALLOCATIONS.
1. The commissioners shall allocate cost-share moneys to
establish mandatory soil and water conservation practices, as
provided in sections 161A.43 through 161A.53, according to the
following requirements:
a. The financial incentives shall not exceed more than fifty
percent of the estimated cost of establishing the practices as
determined by the commissioners, or fifty percent of the actual cost
of establishing the practices, whichever is less. However, the
commissioners may allocate an amount determined by the committee for
management of soil and water conservation practices, except as
otherwise provided regarding land classified as agricultural land
under conservation cover.
b. The commissioners shall establish the estimated cost of
the permanent soil and water conservation practices in the district
based upon one and two-tenths of the average cost of the practices
installed in the district during the previous year. The average
costs shall be reviewed and approved by the commissioners each year.
2. The committee shall review requirements of this section once
each year. The committee may authorize commissioners in districts to
condition the establishment of a mandatory soil and water
conservation practice in a specific case on a higher proportion of
public cost-sharing than is required by this section. The
commissioners shall determine the amount of cost-sharing moneys
allocated to establish a specific soil and water conservation
practice in accordance with an administrative order issued pursuant
to section 161A.47 by considering the extent to which the practice
will contribute benefits to the individual owner or occupant of the
land on which the practice is to be established. Section History: Recent Form
92 Acts, ch 1184, § 9; 92 Acts, ch 1239, § 53, 54
Referred to in § 161A.48