1. This chapter is created for the constitutional purposes of protecting and enhancing water quality and natural areas in this state, including parks, trails, and fish and wildlife habitat, and conserving agricultural soils in this state.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 461.3

  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Trust fund: means the natural resources and outdoor recreation trust fund created in section 461. See Iowa Code 461.2
  • Trust fund moneys: means moneys originating from the natural resources and outdoor recreation trust fund. See Iowa Code 461.2
 2. This chapter is intended to implement Article VII, section 10, of the Constitution of the State of Iowa by establishing the natural resources and outdoor recreation trust fund, accounts in the trust fund, and appropriating or allocating trust fund moneys to support initiatives specified in subchapter IV.