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.

SF 432 updates Iowa's fence law to treat the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and county conservation boards the same as private landowners when building or maintaining partition fences along property lines. It requires these government entities to share fence costs equally with adjoining landowners through a formal fence viewers' order process, just like private owners. The bill specifies that DNR will pay its share using funds from the REAP fund's open spaces account, while county conservation boards will use funds from their specific REAP account. This change ensures government land managers follow the same cost-sharing rules as private landowners under Iowa Code chapter 359A.