House File 503 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON
                                     AGRICULTURE

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HF 168)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act excluding certain show animals from formulas used to
  2    calculate the capacity of animal feeding operations.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 459.201, Code 2015, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  A show animal entered in a program
  1  4 or project sponsored by 4=H or the national FFA organization
  1  5 or one of its chapters, including but not limited to an
  1  6 exhibition, contest, or fair event, shall not be included in
  1  7 calculating animal weight capacity, animal units, or animal
  1  8 unit capacity.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  Section 459.301, Code 2015, is amended by adding the
  1 10 following new subsection:
  1 11    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  A show animal described in section
  1 12 459.201 shall not be included in calculating animal weight
  1 13 capacity, animal units, or animal unit capacity.
  1 14    Sec. 3.  Section 459A.103, Code 2015, is amended by adding
  1 15 the following new subsection:
  1 16    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  A show animal described in section
  1 17 459.201 shall not be included in calculating animal units or
  1 18 animal unit capacity.
  1 19    Sec. 4.  Section 459B.103, Code 2015, is amended by adding
  1 20 the following new subsection:
  1 21    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  A show animal described in section
  1 22 459.201 shall not be included in calculating animal units or
  1 23 animal unit capacity.
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 26 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 27    GENERAL.  This bill provides that certain show animals are
  1 28 not to be counted when computing the animal capacity of an
  1 29 animal feeding operation regulated by the department of natural
  1 30 resources. In order to not to be counted, the animal must
  1 31 be entered in a program or project sponsored by 4=H or the
  1 32 national FFA organization or one of its chapters, such as an
  1 33 exhibition, contest, or fair event.
  1 34    BACKGROUND.   The applicability and scope of regulation often
  1 35 depends upon the size of an animal feeding operation which
  2  1 is either measured by animal weight capacity or animal unit
  2  2 capacity. An animal feeding operation is an area in which
  2  3 animals (cattle, swine, horses, sheep, chickens, turkeys, or
  2  4 fish) are maintained for at least 45 days. Animal weight
  2  5 capacity is the average weight of all animals in a confinement
  2  6 feeding operation when the operation is at full animal
  2  7 capacity.  Animal unit capacity is determined by multiplying
  2  8 the maximum number of each category of animal species that may
  2  9 be confined at one time by an equivalency factor assigned to
  2 10 that category and then adding those sums together.
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