Section 161A.75 – Use of moneys for emergency repairs.
161A.75 Use of moneys for emergency repairs. 1. The commissioners of a district may allocate moneys otherwise available for voluntary financial incentive programs as provided in section 161A.73 to provide for the restoration of permanent soil and water conservation practices which are damaged or destroyed because of a disaster emergency. In providing for the restoration, […]
Section 161A.49 – Petition for court order.
161A.49 Petition for court order. The commissioners shall petition the district court for a court order requiring immediate compliance with an administrative order previously issued by the commissioners as provided in section 161A.47, if: 1. The work necessary to comply with the administrative order is not commenced on or before the date specified in such […]
Section 161A.76 – Cost-sharing for certain lands restricted.
161A.76 Cost-sharing for certain lands restricted. 1. It is the intent of this chapter that each tract of agricultural land which has not been plowed or used for growing row crops at any time within the prior fifteen years shall for purposes of this section be considered classified as agricultural land under conservation cover. If […]
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 Repealed by its own terms; 98 Acts, ch 1219, §17 ; 2005 Acts, ch 178, §17 .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 […]