ElkHunter
Life Member
I'll try to stumble though, then you can read offical explaination below.The orginal has been amended, so isn't extactly correct.
Take 1.5% from sales tax and put in general DNR fund.This will fund 3 projects.
State Parks- used to repair and upgrade parks only. 40% of funds
Trails-bike,walking,horse, same as parks repair and upgrade 20% of funds
Public Access- long term leases, no land purchases 40% of funds
The percent each project was given is subject to change.
3 29 This bill appropriates funds to the conservation practices
3 30 revolving loan fund and to the public hunting, parks, and
3 31 trails program fund created in the bill.
3 32 The bill appropriates .5 percent of sales and use tax
3 33 receipts for a 10=year period from July 1, 2005, and ending
3 34 June 30, 2015, into the conservation practices revolving loan
3 35 fund created in Code section 161A.71 to be used for the
4 1 purpose of establishing new permanent soil and water
4 2 conservation practices on private land.
4 3 The bill requires the department of natural resources to
4 4 establish the public hunting, parks, and trails program and
4 5 fund and appropriates revenue arising from the sales and use
4 6 tax to fund the program. The bill appropriates 1.5 percent of
4 7 sales and use tax receipts for the 10=year period from July 1,
4 8 2005, and ending June 30, 2015, and 2 percent thereafter to
4 9 fund the program.
4 10 The bill provides that the purpose of the program is to
4 11 undertake projects to lease and maintain land for public
4 12 hunting, undertake projects involving vertical infrastructure
4 13 in public parks, and to undertake projects for recreation
4 14 trails development. The bill provides that funds appropriated
4 15 for the program shall be evenly divided and expended by the
4 16 department to undertake the three stated purposes of the
4 17 program. The bill also provides that unencumbered or
4 18 unobligated moneys remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall
4 19 not revert to the general fund of the state but shall remain
4 20 available for expenditure for the program for the following
4 21 year.
4 22 The bill requires the department to undertake public
4 23 hunting projects by entering into leases, for a duration
4 24 agreed to by the parties, of lands suitable for public hunting
4 25 and maintaining those lands to provide areas where the public
4 26 may hunt.
4 27 The bill requires the department to undertake projects
4 28 involving existing and new vertical infrastructure in existing
4 29 and new parks.
4 30 The bill also requires the department to undertake projects
4 31 involving the acquisition, development, promotion, and
4 32 management of recreation trails throughout the state, but not
4 33 involving the purchase of rights=of=way to recreation trails.
4 34 The bill creates a public hunting, parks, and trails
4 35 program advisory board consisting of six public members who
5 1 represent three agricultural groups and three conservation,
5 2 habitat, and wildlife groups and who are appointed by the
5 3 director of the department of natural resources. The bill
5 4 provides that appointments to the advisory board are for three
5 5 years and that the board shall meet once annually in July for
5 6 the purpose of reviewing the projects undertaken in the
5 7 previous year to determine what public benefits have been
5 8 accomplished by the program. The bill also provides that the
5 9 advisory board shall prepare and deliver an annual report of
5 10 the board's findings to the general assembly on or before
5 11 December 15 of each year.
Take 1.5% from sales tax and put in general DNR fund.This will fund 3 projects.
State Parks- used to repair and upgrade parks only. 40% of funds
Trails-bike,walking,horse, same as parks repair and upgrade 20% of funds
Public Access- long term leases, no land purchases 40% of funds
The percent each project was given is subject to change.
3 29 This bill appropriates funds to the conservation practices
3 30 revolving loan fund and to the public hunting, parks, and
3 31 trails program fund created in the bill.
3 32 The bill appropriates .5 percent of sales and use tax
3 33 receipts for a 10=year period from July 1, 2005, and ending
3 34 June 30, 2015, into the conservation practices revolving loan
3 35 fund created in Code section 161A.71 to be used for the
4 1 purpose of establishing new permanent soil and water
4 2 conservation practices on private land.
4 3 The bill requires the department of natural resources to
4 4 establish the public hunting, parks, and trails program and
4 5 fund and appropriates revenue arising from the sales and use
4 6 tax to fund the program. The bill appropriates 1.5 percent of
4 7 sales and use tax receipts for the 10=year period from July 1,
4 8 2005, and ending June 30, 2015, and 2 percent thereafter to
4 9 fund the program.
4 10 The bill provides that the purpose of the program is to
4 11 undertake projects to lease and maintain land for public
4 12 hunting, undertake projects involving vertical infrastructure
4 13 in public parks, and to undertake projects for recreation
4 14 trails development. The bill provides that funds appropriated
4 15 for the program shall be evenly divided and expended by the
4 16 department to undertake the three stated purposes of the
4 17 program. The bill also provides that unencumbered or
4 18 unobligated moneys remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall
4 19 not revert to the general fund of the state but shall remain
4 20 available for expenditure for the program for the following
4 21 year.
4 22 The bill requires the department to undertake public
4 23 hunting projects by entering into leases, for a duration
4 24 agreed to by the parties, of lands suitable for public hunting
4 25 and maintaining those lands to provide areas where the public
4 26 may hunt.
4 27 The bill requires the department to undertake projects
4 28 involving existing and new vertical infrastructure in existing
4 29 and new parks.
4 30 The bill also requires the department to undertake projects
4 31 involving the acquisition, development, promotion, and
4 32 management of recreation trails throughout the state, but not
4 33 involving the purchase of rights=of=way to recreation trails.
4 34 The bill creates a public hunting, parks, and trails
4 35 program advisory board consisting of six public members who
5 1 represent three agricultural groups and three conservation,
5 2 habitat, and wildlife groups and who are appointed by the
5 3 director of the department of natural resources. The bill
5 4 provides that appointments to the advisory board are for three
5 5 years and that the board shall meet once annually in July for
5 6 the purpose of reviewing the projects undertaken in the
5 7 previous year to determine what public benefits have been
5 8 accomplished by the program. The bill also provides that the
5 9 advisory board shall prepare and deliver an annual report of
5 10 the board's findings to the general assembly on or before
5 11 December 15 of each year.
