§ 455A.17 — Iowa congress on resources enhancement and protection

Iowa § 455A.17

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XI: NATURAL RESOURCES
• Ch. 455A: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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1. Biennially, during even-numbered years, the director shall schedule and make the
necessary arrangements for an Iowa congress on resources enhancement and protection.
The congress shall be held within the state capitol complex.
2. Prior to each congress, the director shall make arrangements to hold an assembly in
each council of governments area of persons having an interest in resources enhancement
and protection. The department shall promote attendance of interested persons at each
assembly. The director shall call each assembly and serve as temporary chairperson. The
department shall provide those attending with information regarding resource enhancement
and protection expenditures. The assemblies shall identify opportunities for regional
resource enhancement and protection and review and recommend changes in resource
enhancement and protection policies, programs, and funding. The persons meeting at each
assembly shall elect five persons as delegates to the congress on resources enhancement
and protection.
3. Thedelegatestothecongressonresourcesenhancementandprotectionshallorganize,
discuss, and make recommendations to the governor, the general assembly, and the natural
resource commission regarding issues concerning resources enhancement and protection.
The director shall call the congress and serve as temporary chairperson. The delegates are
entitled to a per diem as specified in section 7E.6 for expenses of office while attending the
congress.
4. The expenses of the department in making the arrangements for and the conducting
of the council of governments area assemblies and the congress on resources enhancement
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and protection and the per diem for expenses of the delegates at the congress shall be paid
from the funds appropriated for this purpose.