161A.74 - MANDATORY ESTABLISHMENT OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PRACTICES -- ALLOCATIONS.

        161A.74  MANDATORY ESTABLISHMENT OF SOIL AND WATER
      CONSERVATION PRACTICES -- ALLOCATIONS.
         1.  The commissioners shall allocate cost-share moneys to
      establish mandatory soil and water conservation practices, as
      provided in sections 161A.43 through 161A.53, according to the
      following requirements:
         a.  The financial incentives shall not exceed more than fifty
      percent of the estimated cost of establishing the practices as
      determined by the commissioners, or fifty percent of the actual cost
      of establishing the practices, whichever is less.  However, the
      commissioners may allocate an amount determined by the committee for
      management of soil and water conservation practices, except as
      otherwise provided regarding land classified as agricultural land
      under conservation cover.
         b.  The commissioners shall establish the estimated cost of
      the permanent soil and water conservation practices in the district
      based upon one and two-tenths of the average cost of the practices
      installed in the district during the previous year.  The average
      costs shall be reviewed and approved by the commissioners each year.

         2.  The committee shall review requirements of this section once
      each year.  The committee may authorize commissioners in districts to
      condition the establishment of a mandatory soil and water
      conservation practice in a specific case on a higher proportion of
      public cost-sharing than is required by this section.  The
      commissioners shall determine the amount of cost-sharing moneys
      allocated to establish a specific soil and water conservation
      practice in accordance with an administrative order issued pursuant
      to section 161A.47 by considering the extent to which the practice
      will contribute benefits to the individual owner or occupant of the
      land on which the practice is to be established.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         92 Acts, ch 1184, § 9; 92 Acts, ch 1239, § 53, 54
         Referred to in § 161A.48