161A.62 DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS AND OF OWNERS AND
OCCUPANTS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND -- RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF COST-SHARING
FUNDS.
The commissioners of each soil and water conservation district
shall seek to implement or to assist in implementing the following
requirements:
1. Each farm unit shall be furnished a conservation folder
complying with the rules of the department by the soil and water
conservation district in which the farm unit is located, not later
than January 1, 1985, or as soon thereafter as adequate funding is
available to permit completion of a conservation folder for every
farm unit in the state. Technical assistance in the development of
the conservation folder may be provided by the United States
department of agriculture natural resources conservation service
through the memorandum of understanding with the district or by the
department. The department shall provide by rule that an updated
farm plan prepared for a particular farm unit within ten years prior
to the effective date of this subsection shall be considered an
adequate replacement for the conservation folder for that farm unit.
Upon completion of the conservation folder for a particular farm
unit, the district shall send the owner of that farm unit, and also
the operator of the farm unit if known by the commissioners to be
other than the owner, a letter offering that person or those persons
a copy of the folder. The district shall keep a record of the date
the folder is completed and the letter is sent. The folder shall be
updated from time to time by the district as it deems necessary.
2. The commissioners of each soil and water conservation district
shall complete preparation of a farm unit soil conservation plan for
each farm unit within the district, not later than January 1, 1985,
or five years after completion of the conservation folder for that
farm unit, whichever date is later, or as soon thereafter as adequate
funding is available to permit compliance with this requirement.
Technical assistance in the development of the farm unit soil
conservation plan may be provided by the United States department of
agriculture natural resources conservation service through the
memorandum of understanding with the district or by the department.
The commissioners shall make every reasonable effort to consult with
the owner and, if appropriate, with the operator of that farm unit,
and to prepare the plan in a form which is acceptable to that person
or those persons. The plan shall be drawn up and completed without
expense to the owner or operator of the farm unit, except that the
owner or operator shall not be reimbursed for the value of the
owner's or occupant's own time devoted to participation in the
preparation of the plan. If the commissioners' plan is unacceptable
to the owner or operator of the farm unit, that person or those
persons may prepare an alternative farm unit soil conservation plan
identifying permanent or temporary soil and water conservation
practices which may be expected to achieve compliance with the soil
loss limit or limits applicable to that farm unit, and submit that
plan to the soil and water conservation district commissioners for
their review.
3. Within one year after completion of a farm unit soil
conservation plan for a particular farm unit which is acceptable both
to the commissioners of the soil and water conservation district
within which the farm unit is located and to the owner and, if
appropriate, to the operator of that farm unit, the commissioners
shall offer to enter into a soil conservation agreement with the
owner, and also with the operator if appropriate, based on the
mutually acceptable farm unit soil conservation plan.
161A.62 DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS AND OF OWNERS AND
OCCUPANTS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND -- RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF COST-SHARING
FUNDS.
The commissioners of each soil and water conservation district
shall seek to implement or to assist in implementing the following
requirements:
1. Each farm unit shall be furnished a conservation folder
complying with the rules of the department by the soil and water
conservation district in which the farm unit is located, not later
than January 1, 1985, or as soon thereafter as adequate funding is
available to permit completion of a conservation folder for every
farm unit in the state. Technical assistance in the development of
the conservation folder may be provided by the United States
department of agriculture natural resources conservation service
through the memorandum of understanding with the district or by the
department. The department shall provide by rule that an updated
farm plan prepared for a particular farm unit within ten years prior
to the effective date of this subsection shall be considered an
adequate replacement for the conservation folder for that farm unit.
Upon completion of the conservation folder for a particular farm
unit, the district shall send the owner of that farm unit, and also
the operator of the farm unit if known by the commissioners to be
other than the owner, a letter offering that person or those persons
a copy of the folder. The district shall keep a record of the date
the folder is completed and the letter is sent. The folder shall be
updated from time to time by the district as it deems necessary.
2. The commissioners of each soil and water conservation district
shall complete preparation of a farm unit soil conservation plan for
each farm unit within the district, not later than January 1, 1985,
or five years after completion of the conservation folder for that
farm unit, whichever date is later, or as soon thereafter as adequate
funding is available to permit compliance with this requirement.
Technical assistance in the development of the farm unit soil
conservation plan may be provided by the United States department of
agriculture natural resources conservation service through the
memorandum of understanding with the district or by the department.
The commissioners shall make every reasonable effort to consult with
the owner and, if appropriate, with the operator of that farm unit,
and to prepare the plan in a form which is acceptable to that person
or those persons. The plan shall be drawn up and completed without
expense to the owner or operator of the farm unit, except that the
owner or operator shall not be reimbursed for the value of the
owner's or occupant's own time devoted to participation in the
preparation of the plan. If the commissioners' plan is unacceptable
to the owner or operator of the farm unit, that person or those
persons may prepare an alternative farm unit soil conservation plan
identifying permanent or temporary soil and water conservation
practices which may be expected to achieve compliance with the soil
loss limit or limits applicable to that farm unit, and submit that
plan to the soil and water conservation district commissioners for
their review.
3. Within one year after completion of a farm unit soil
conservation plan for a particular farm unit which is acceptable both
to the commissioners of the soil and water conservation district
within which the farm unit is located and to the owner and, if
appropriate, to the operator of that farm unit, the commissioners
shall offer to enter into a soil conservation agreement with the
owner, and also with the operator if appropriate, based on the
mutually acceptable farm unit soil conservation plan.
161A.62 DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS AND OF OWNERS AND
OCCUPANTS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND -- RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF COST-SHARING
FUNDS.
The commissioners of each soil and water conservation district
shall seek to implement or to assist in implementing the following
requirements:
1. Each farm unit shall be furnished a conservation folder
complying with the rules of the department by the soil and water
conservation district in which the farm unit is located, not later
than January 1, 1985, or as soon thereafter as adequate funding is
available to permit completion of a conservation folder for every
farm unit in the state. Technical assistance in the development of
the conservation folder may be provided by the United States
department of agriculture natural resources conservation service
through the memorandum of understanding with the district or by the
department. The department shall provide by rule that an updated
farm plan prepared for a particular farm unit within ten years prior
to the effective date of this subsection shall be considered an
adequate replacement for the conservation folder for that farm unit.
Upon completion of the conservation folder for a particular farm
unit, the district shall send the owner of that farm unit, and also
the operator of the farm unit if known by the commissioners to be
other than the owner, a letter offering that person or those persons
a copy of the folder. The district shall keep a record of the date
the folder is completed and the letter is sent. The folder shall be
updated from time to time by the district as it deems necessary.
2. The commissioners of each soil and water conservation district
shall complete preparation of a farm unit soil conservation plan for
each farm unit within the district, not later than January 1, 1985,
or five years after completion of the conservation folder for that
farm unit, whichever date is later, or as soon thereafter as adequate
funding is available to permit compliance with this requirement.
Technical assistance in the development of the farm unit soil
conservation plan may be provided by the United States department of
agriculture natural resources conservation service through the
memorandum of understanding with the district or by the department.
The commissioners shall make every reasonable effort to consult with
the owner and, if appropriate, with the operator of that farm unit,
and to prepare the plan in a form which is acceptable to that person
or those persons. The plan shall be drawn up and completed without
expense to the owner or operator of the farm unit, except that the
owner or operator shall not be reimbursed for the value of the
owner's or occupant's own time devoted to participation in the
preparation of the plan. If the commissioners' plan is unacceptable
to the owner or operator of the farm unit, that person or those
persons may prepare an alternative farm unit soil conservation plan
identifying permanent or temporary soil and water conservation
practices which may be expected to achieve compliance with the soil
loss limit or limits applicable to that farm unit, and submit that
plan to the soil and water conservation district commissioners for
their review.
3. Within one year after completion of a farm unit soil
conservation plan for a particular farm unit which is acceptable both
to the commissioners of the soil and water conservation district
within which the farm unit is located and to the owner and, if
appropriate, to the operator of that farm unit, the commissioners
shall offer to enter into a soil conservation agreement with the
owner, and also with the operator if appropriate, based on the
mutually acceptable farm unit soil conservation plan.
