161A.80 BLUFFLANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM AND REVOLVING
FUND.
1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
requires:
a. For purposes of this section only, "bluffland" means a
cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face along the channel
or floodplain of the Missouri or Mississippi river and their
tributaries.
b. "Conservation organization" means a nonprofit corporation
incorporated in Iowa or an entity organized and operated primarily to
enhance and protect natural resources in this state.
2. A blufflands protection revolving fund is created in the state
treasury. All proceeds shall be divided into two equal accounts.
One account shall be used for the purchase of blufflands along the
Mississippi river and its tributaries and the other account shall be
used for the purchase of blufflands along the Missouri river and its
tributaries. The proceeds of the revolving fund are appropriated to
make loans to conservation organizations which agree to purchase
bluffland properties adjacent to state public lands. The department
of agriculture and land stewardship, in conjunction with the
department of natural resources, shall adopt rules pursuant to
chapter 17A to administer the disbursement of funds. Notwithstanding
section 12C.7, interest or earnings on investments made pursuant to
this section or as provided in section 12B.10 shall be credited to
the blufflands protection revolving fund. Notwithstanding section
8.33, unobligated or unencumbered funds credited to the blufflands
protection revolving fund shall not revert at the close of a fiscal
year. However, the maximum balance in the blufflands protection
revolving fund shall not exceed two million five hundred thousand
dollars. Any funds in excess of two million five hundred thousand
dollars shall be credited to the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund.
a. This section is repealed on July 1, 2015.
b. The principal and interest from any blufflands protection
loan outstanding on July 1, 2015, and payable to the blufflands
protection revolving fund, shall be paid to the administrative
director of the division of soil conservation on or after July 1,
2015, pursuant to the terms of the loan agreement and shall be
credited to the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund.
Section History: Recent Form
98 Acts, ch 1219, §17; 99 Acts, ch 96, §16; 99 Acts, ch 204, §26,
42; 2005 Acts, ch 178, §17
Coordination with programs and projects of the loess hills
alliance, §161D.7
161A.80 BLUFFLANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM AND REVOLVING
FUND.
1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
requires:
a. For purposes of this section only, "bluffland" means a
cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face along the channel
or floodplain of the Missouri or Mississippi river and their
tributaries.
b. "Conservation organization" means a nonprofit corporation
incorporated in Iowa or an entity organized and operated primarily to
enhance and protect natural resources in this state.
2. A blufflands protection revolving fund is created in the state
treasury. All proceeds shall be divided into two equal accounts.
One account shall be used for the purchase of blufflands along the
Mississippi river and its tributaries and the other account shall be
used for the purchase of blufflands along the Missouri river and its
tributaries. The proceeds of the revolving fund are appropriated to
make loans to conservation organizations which agree to purchase
bluffland properties adjacent to state public lands. The department
of agriculture and land stewardship, in conjunction with the
department of natural resources, shall adopt rules pursuant to
chapter 17A to administer the disbursement of funds. Notwithstanding
section 12C.7, interest or earnings on investments made pursuant to
this section or as provided in section 12B.10 shall be credited to
the blufflands protection revolving fund. Notwithstanding section
8.33, unobligated or unencumbered funds credited to the blufflands
protection revolving fund shall not revert at the close of a fiscal
year. However, the maximum balance in the blufflands protection
revolving fund shall not exceed two million five hundred thousand
dollars. Any funds in excess of two million five hundred thousand
dollars shall be credited to the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund.
a. This section is repealed on July 1, 2015.
b. The principal and interest from any blufflands protection
loan outstanding on July 1, 2015, and payable to the blufflands
protection revolving fund, shall be paid to the administrative
director of the division of soil conservation on or after July 1,
2015, pursuant to the terms of the loan agreement and shall be
credited to the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund.
Section History: Recent Form
98 Acts, ch 1219, §17; 99 Acts, ch 96, §16; 99 Acts, ch 204, §26,
42; 2005 Acts, ch 178, §17
Coordination with programs and projects of the loess hills
alliance, §161D.7
161A.80 BLUFFLANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM AND REVOLVING
FUND.
1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
requires:
a. For purposes of this section only, "bluffland" means a
cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face along the channel
or floodplain of the Missouri or Mississippi river and their
tributaries.
b. "Conservation organization" means a nonprofit corporation
incorporated in Iowa or an entity organized and operated primarily to
enhance and protect natural resources in this state.
2. A blufflands protection revolving fund is created in the state
treasury. All proceeds shall be divided into two equal accounts.
One account shall be used for the purchase of blufflands along the
Mississippi river and its tributaries and the other account shall be
used for the purchase of blufflands along the Missouri river and its
tributaries. The proceeds of the revolving fund are appropriated to
make loans to conservation organizations which agree to purchase
bluffland properties adjacent to state public lands. The department
of agriculture and land stewardship, in conjunction with the
department of natural resources, shall adopt rules pursuant to
chapter 17A to administer the disbursement of funds. Notwithstanding
section 12C.7, interest or earnings on investments made pursuant to
this section or as provided in section 12B.10 shall be credited to
the blufflands protection revolving fund. Notwithstanding section
8.33, unobligated or unencumbered funds credited to the blufflands
protection revolving fund shall not revert at the close of a fiscal
year. However, the maximum balance in the blufflands protection
revolving fund shall not exceed two million five hundred thousand
dollars. Any funds in excess of two million five hundred thousand
dollars shall be credited to the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund.
a. This section is repealed on July 1, 2015.
b. The principal and interest from any blufflands protection
loan outstanding on July 1, 2015, and payable to the blufflands
protection revolving fund, shall be paid to the administrative
director of the division of soil conservation on or after July 1,
2015, pursuant to the terms of the loan agreement and shall be
credited to the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund.
Section History: Recent Form
98 Acts, ch 1219, §17; 99 Acts, ch 96, §16; 99 Acts, ch 204, §26,
42; 2005 Acts, ch 178, §17
Coordination with programs and projects of the loess hills
alliance, §161D.7
