Governor Terry Branstad took final action Friday on 30 bills, ending his review of all the legislation that cleared the 2016 Iowa General Assembly. Many of these bills outlined spending plans for state agencies. In an unprecedented move, Branstad did not use his authority to item veto any individual spending proposals. It means the 12-month spending outline legislators drafted remains intact and will go into effect July 1st.

Branstad did reject the legislature’s proposed study of charging a “park user fee” for visitors at state-owned parks and recreation areas. Park user fees were charged briefly in the 1980s, during Branstad’s first run as governor, and Branstad says state officials discovered Iowans “greatly disliked” the fees.

(Radio Iowa)