39-3628A. AGRICULTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMP) FUND ESTABLISHED. (1) There is hereby created and established in the state treasury the agricultural best management practices (BMP) fund. The state treasurer shall invest the idle moneys of the account, and the interest earned on such investments shall be retained by the account. All moneys in the account are appropriated continuously to the department of environmental quality to be used and administered by it for the purposes specified in subsection (3) of this section and shall not be subject to the provisions of the standard appropriations act of 1945 or section 67-3516, Idaho Code.
(2) The fund shall have paid into it any gifts or grants from any source when the same are made for purposes consistent with those for which the fund is established, interest due to the investment of moneys in the account, or any other appropriation provided by the legislature.
(3) The department may expend or grant moneys from the agricultural best management practices (BMP) fund for a statewide grant program to support implementation of agricultural best management practices to help meet water quality standards in impaired water bodies in Idaho. The following are eligible for grants from the agricultural BMP fund:
(a) Agricultural producers;
(b) Organizations that provide irrigation water and drainage; and
(c) Soil conservation districts and other local public and private nonprofit organizations organized for the purpose of supporting agricultural BMP implementation. The department must ensure that such local organizations seeking funding for local agricultural BMP grant programs have sufficient knowledge, experience, and capability to conduct such programs and require that local agricultural BMP grants are subject to all the conditions and requirements of the statewide grant program.
(4) On or before the first day of each regular legislative session, the department must submit to the legislature a report of any moneys expended or obligated and any work begun or completed in the prior fiscal year pursuant to subsection (3) of this section.
History:
[39-3628A, added 2021, ch. 175, sec. 1, p. 487.]
Structure Idaho Code
Section 39-3601 - DECLARATION OF POLICY AND STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Section 39-3602 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 39-3603 - ANTIDEGRADATION POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION.
Section 39-3604 - DESIGNATION OF INSTREAM BENEFICIAL USES.
Section 39-3605 - IDENTIFICATION OF REFERENCE STREAMS OR CONDITIONS.
Section 39-3605C - ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION FUND ESTABLISHED.
Section 39-3606C - APPROPRIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION FUND — PURPOSE OF CHAPTER.
Section 39-3607 - REVISIONS AND ATTAINABILITY OF BENEFICIAL USES.
Section 39-3608 - REGULATORY ACTIONS FOR WATER BODIES WHERE BENEFICIAL USES ARE FULLY SUPPORTED.
Section 39-3609 - IDENTIFICATION OF WATER BODIES WHERE BENEFICIAL USES ARE NOT FULLY SUPPORTED.
Section 39-3612 - INTEGRATION OF TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD PROCESSES WITH OTHER PROGRAMS.
Section 39-3613 - CREATION OF BASIN ADVISORY GROUPS.
Section 39-3614 - DUTIES OF THE BASIN ADVISORY GROUP.
Section 39-3615 - CREATION OF WATERSHED ADVISORY GROUPS.
Section 39-3616 - DUTIES OF EACH WATERSHED ADVISORY GROUP.
Section 39-3617 - DESIGNATION OF OUTSTANDING RESOURCE WATERS.
Section 39-3619 - CONTINUATION PROVISIONS FOR EXISTING ACTIVITIES ON OUTSTANDING RESOURCE WATERS.
Section 39-3621 - MONITORING PROVISIONS.
Section 39-3622 - ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.
Section 39-3623 - EFFECT OF RULES.
Section 39-3624 - DECLARATION OF POLICY — DESIGNATION OF DIRECTOR.
Section 39-3625 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 39-3628 - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FUND ESTABLISHED.
Section 39-3628A - AGRICULTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMP) FUND ESTABLISHED.
Section 39-3628B - CONFINED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (CAFO) IMPROVEMENT FUND ESTABLISHED.
Section 39-3629 - WASTEWATER FACILITY LOAN ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED.
Section 39-3630 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FUND — PURPOSE OF CHAPTER.
Section 39-3631 - APPROPRIATION OF WASTEWATER FACILITY LOAN FUND — PURPOSE OF CHAPTER.
Section 39-3633 - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL BONDS.
Section 39-3634 - COTTAGE SITE DEFINED.
Section 39-3636 - FAILURE TO PROVIDE SEWAGE DISPOSAL — PENALTIES.
Section 39-3637 - STATE BOARD OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY — RULES — INSPECTION.
Section 39-3638 - FINAL DETERMINATION BY ISSUING DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZED.
Section 39-3639 - CONTINUATION OF COTTAGE SITE LEASE PROGRAM.
Section 39-3640 - WATER QUALITY INNOVATION AND POLLUTANT TRADING.