Section 161A.80B – Outstanding bluffland protection loans.
161A.80B Outstanding bluffland protection loans. 1. The principal and interest from any loan made pursuant to section 161A.80A, as enacted in 2015 Iowa Acts, ch 132, §45 , remaining outstanding on July 1, 2025, that would have been payable to the blufflands protection revolving fund created in section 161A.80A, shall instead be paid to the […]
Section 161A.53 – Cooperation with other agencies.
161A.53 Cooperation with other agencies. Soil and water conservation districts may enter into agreements with the federal government or an agency of the federal government, as provided by state law, or with the state of Iowa or an agency of the state, any other soil and water conservation district, or any other political subdivision of […]
Section 161A.54 – State agency conservation plans — exemptions.
161A.54 State agency conservation plans — exemptions. Each state agency shall enter into an agreement with the soil and water conservation district in which the state agency has public land under its control in cultivation. The agreement shall contain a plan of the state agency to prevent soil erosion in excess of soil loss limits […]
Section 161A.61 – Discretionary inspection by commissioners — actions upon certain findings.
161A.61 Discretionary inspection by commissioners — actions upon certain findings. 1. In addition to the authority granted by section 161A.47, the commissioners of a soil and water conservation district may inspect or cause to be inspected any land within the district on which they have reasonable grounds to believe that soil erosion is occurring in […]
Section 161A.62 – Duties of commissioners and of owners and occupants of agricultural land — restrictions on use of cost-sharing funds.
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. The commissioners of each soil and water conservation district shall complete preparation of a […]
Section 161A.63 – Right of purchaser of agricultural land to obtain information.
161A.63 Right of purchaser of agricultural land to obtain information. A prospective purchaser of an interest in agricultural land located in this state is entitled to obtain from the seller, or from the office of the soil and water conservation district in which the land is located, a copy of the most recently updated farm […]
Section 161A.64 – Erosion control plans required for certain projects.
161A.64 Erosion control plans required for certain projects. 1. If a political subdivision has adopted a sediment control ordinance which the commissioners and the political subdivision jointly agree is at least as equally effective as the commissioners’ rules in preventing erosion from exceeding the established soil loss limits, the commissioners and the political subdivision shall […]
Section 161A.66 – Procedure when commissioner is complainant.
161A.66 Procedure when commissioner is complainant. A soil and water conservation district commissioner who is an owner or occupant of land being damaged by sediment has the same right as any other person in like circumstances to file a complaint under section 161A.47; however, a commissioner who is the complainant shall not vote on the […]
Section 161A.70 – Establishment and purpose.
161A.70 Establishment and purpose. Financial incentive programs are established within the division in order to protect the long-term productivity of the soil and water resources of the state from erosion and sediment damage, and to encourage the adoption of farm management and agricultural practices which are consistent with the capability of the land to sustain […]
Section 161A.71 – Conservation practices revolving loan fund.
161A.71 Conservation practices revolving loan fund. 1. The division may establish a conservation practices revolving loan fund composed of any money appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose, and of any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the committee from the federal government or private sources for placement in that fund. […]