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IA SF616
Bill
Status
4/29/2025
Primary Sponsor
Appropriations
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AI Summary
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Grants the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and county conservation boards the same rights and obligations as private landowners when erecting and maintaining partition fences on land they control or manage
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Requires both parties in a fence dispute involving DNR or a county conservation board to deposit their assigned portion of costs and fence viewer fees with the fence viewers within 30 days of order issuance
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Authorizes DNR to finance its partition fence contributions using moneys from the open spaces account of the Iowa Resources Enhancement and Protection (REAP) fund
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Allows county conservation boards to finance their partition fence contributions using moneys from the county conservation account of the REAP fund
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Amends existing fence law provisions to update terminology and clarify procedures for fence viewer orders regarding erection, maintenance, rebuilding, repair, trimming, or cutting back of partition fences
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to the rights and obligations of certain state and local government entities in erecting, rebuilding, or repairing partition fences, including the allocation of moneys from accounts in the Iowa resources enhancement and protection fund.(Formerly SF 597, SF 432.)
Last Action
Message from Senate. H.J. 1079.
4/30/2025