Section 161A.50 – Burden — court order.
161A.50 Burden — court order. In any action brought under section 161A.49, the burden of proof shall be upon the commissioners to show that soil erosion is in fact occurring in excess of the applicable soil loss limits and that the defendant has not established or maintained soil and water conservation practices or erosion control […]
Section 161A.80 – Blufflands protection program and revolving fund.
161A.80 Blufflands protection program and revolving fund. Repealed by its own terms; 98 Acts, ch 1219, §17 ; 2005 Acts, ch 178, §17 . See §161A.80A.
Section 161A.51 – Entering on land.
161A.51 Entering on land. The commissioners and their authorized agents or employees may enter upon any private or public property, except private dwellings, at any reasonable time to classify land by soil sampling or other appropriate methods or to determine whether soil erosion is occurring on the property in violation of the district’s regulations. 1. […]
Section 161A.80A – Blufflands protection program and revolving fund.
161A.80A 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 […]
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 […]