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<br />STATE LAW
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<br />General
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<br />,\ o.:Oll1pll'hl'nSI\l' ...alef rJ~hts la.... ....as l'IlJ..:I!.'d h~ the
<br />Illwa 1eg.I~IJ!tHC III 1957 Tl1l'la" ('Slahlhhcd J WalL'1 use
<br />permll sy~l<'m JUmllllSlcrcd by J '[:Ill.' agl'l1":Y. til.: lowJ
<br />:-':J!UIJI Rc~uur.''''' r,)Ulldl. With J few cxo.:rplinns. ;/11
<br />u~('s 01 waler in amounls In ex(ess uf 5,000 j<:Jllom pl'r
<br />day ale rc~ubled undl'r Ih~'IJ"'.
<br />IIlsh11h:alJ~. waler UW In 10....... ha, bern ,!!,w('fIlrJ by
<br />rules III' .,:omI11011 la.... "nUlKIJI...d b~ the .;:ourh TIle",-'
<br />lull'S I1J\<' ban ~Urrll'mt'nIed pl.'lludl(,Jlly III iragTllt'nlary
<br />fashIOn h~ leglslall1111 dcsIgn('d 10 a,'':(lmph<J1 J P:H1I1.:ulJr
<br />PUli"I".' l,l! rhasl' oi ....at!,'! U~. TYP1..:ally. sikh leglslatloll
<br />ft'bll'S In ,pe.:IIK stall.' departments to 1",)1111>::&1 sllbdl\I'
<br />slons'll 111.' 'Iale. 01 Itl the formaliull Jnd manJg('rnerll
<br />U[ 'ipc":lal purpo'k' Jl)tlh:t~,
<br />\Ian~ J~p~'.:IS of walel U~~' and ....atel rl!thl~ ha\C' nlll
<br />been bdore Ihe ':OUrls for Jel.'iswn a~ 10 lhe .:urrent ,Cite
<br />tlf wJler u",' law, This 1\ partl.:ulJrly Irue of the ~'olllpr!."
<br />hemi\.e.....al<'rnghhla.... en;l.:tt'd inlQS-
<br />~o constitutional amt'ndmt"nts dealin)f spenfieally ....ith
<br />wat~'r rt":>llurct"S Mh' b.:-en passed sinn. mt'" rt"plln .....as ~"('m.
<br />pilt'd. ,"'-Iso, no n"l3Jor rhan)ft's t!a\'(' bt.-t'"n madt'" m mI:' case
<br />law ckalin,;: ....ith CorlllTlon law ruI~'s eXct'pt as a1tt-red by slat-
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<br />utt'S. The most siRTIifi.:.lnl statut"T)' ,han~e was the <Teation of
<br />the Iowa Dt"panrnt'nt of EmironInental Quallt)', t'ff.:-ctiye
<br />J<muaT}' I, 1973. Tht" luwa Wah'r POUUtillll Control Commis-
<br />sioo was abolishe!" and four new commissions IH're <Teatt"d
<br />\\ithin tht' Oepannwnt lit Em'1rOfUnenlal Ouabty. 111(' nt'\\'
<br />('omrnissions Weft' the Air Quality Commission, Watt'r Qualitr
<br />Commission. Solid WaSIl;' Dispersal Commissiun, and Cht'nuul
<br />T t''t:hnololO' Commission. llk- eff<<t uf this leRislatioll was to
<br />l()cat~. all n1J}ur ~'mironmt'mal functions ....ithin Ont' administra-
<br />0\'1:' slrUrlure.
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<br />State Constitution
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<br />.-\hh')llPt n,l general ....Jtt'T puh.:y fllr the stale b es.
<br />tahllshed h~ th,' IU\\a StJte CIl1lSlllull,,". S1ale and l<l~al
<br />1111\elllmt.'ntal plllgtart1~ in the field 'If ....at~.r [t'S,)IHaS 1JI
<br />lo....a arc sllj,JI.'~'l t() lh~' u~u;J1 ';tln~lltlllll.lIlat T~SlJJdl"ns
<br />e1llol>t.hed III the ",,"":~'ph "I dut" pw..:,''iS lJI lJ...., equal
<br />prolt.'dll'n ;lIld uniform Jpplli.";Jlllln of the ts....,. and Just
<br />,,:,'mpen>athln flll Ihl.' IJklTl~ Ilf prl\'jl~ pwpell~ for
<br />puoli.: u~l' !lo....a Const ..\rl. I. ,e..:_ n, (I, I~, '\n Ill.
<br />'it.',' 301 A 140!'i Jmenument JuthlJrll~d th~' General
<br />A,s~rnhl~ to pJSS 1;1...., pemlJ1tlng tht.' ':'lIlSllu~.tlOn of
<br />drJITlS Jnd lev~'es a(hlS$ the lands ol,llhers. III lest pm-
<br />pn authlllllles ....lth p"....!.'r t" ':llllSlrud and maintain
<br />su.:h drams and !c\'ees. 10 finJn.:e ~lTll' b~ 'ire':lal Jsses.'i.
<br />menl of lht' sr~.:tall~ l:len~t1It'd rror,'II~. and to plO\ild~
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