1. A water quality initiative fund is created in the state treasury under the management and control of the division.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 466B.45

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • 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
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. The fund shall include moneys appropriated by the general assembly. The fund may include other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the division, including moneys from public or private sources.
 3. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the division and shall be used exclusively to carry out the provisions of this subchapter as determined by the division, and shall not require further special authorization by the general assembly.
 4. a. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

 b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated or otherwise credited to the fund for a fiscal year shall not revert to the fund from which appropriated at the close of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that begins three years from the beginning date of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made.