House
File
503
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
503
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
AGRICULTURE
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
168)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
excluding
certain
show
animals
from
formulas
used
to
1
calculate
the
capacity
of
animal
feeding
operations.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
459.201,
Code
2015,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
A
show
animal
entered
in
a
program
3
or
project
sponsored
by
4-H
or
the
national
FFA
organization
4
or
one
of
its
chapters,
including
but
not
limited
to
an
5
exhibition,
contest,
or
fair
event,
shall
not
be
included
in
6
calculating
animal
weight
capacity,
animal
units,
or
animal
7
unit
capacity.
8
Sec.
2.
Section
459.301,
Code
2015,
is
amended
by
adding
the
9
following
new
subsection:
10
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
A
show
animal
described
in
section
11
459.201
shall
not
be
included
in
calculating
animal
weight
12
capacity,
animal
units,
or
animal
unit
capacity.
13
Sec.
3.
Section
459A.103,
Code
2015,
is
amended
by
adding
14
the
following
new
subsection:
15
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
A
show
animal
described
in
section
16
459.201
shall
not
be
included
in
calculating
animal
units
or
17
animal
unit
capacity.
18
Sec.
4.
Section
459B.103,
Code
2015,
is
amended
by
adding
19
the
following
new
subsection:
20
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6.
A
show
animal
described
in
section
21
459.201
shall
not
be
included
in
calculating
animal
units
or
22
animal
unit
capacity.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
GENERAL.
This
bill
provides
that
certain
show
animals
are
27
not
to
be
counted
when
computing
the
animal
capacity
of
an
28
animal
feeding
operation
regulated
by
the
department
of
natural
29
resources.
In
order
to
not
to
be
counted,
the
animal
must
30
be
entered
in
a
program
or
project
sponsored
by
4-H
or
the
31
national
FFA
organization
or
one
of
its
chapters,
such
as
an
32
exhibition,
contest,
or
fair
event.
33
BACKGROUND.
The
applicability
and
scope
of
regulation
often
34
depends
upon
the
size
of
an
animal
feeding
operation
which
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is
either
measured
by
animal
weight
capacity
or
animal
unit
1
capacity.
An
animal
feeding
operation
is
an
area
in
which
2
animals
(cattle,
swine,
horses,
sheep,
chickens,
turkeys,
or
3
fish)
are
maintained
for
at
least
45
days.
Animal
weight
4
capacity
is
the
average
weight
of
all
animals
in
a
confinement
5
feeding
operation
when
the
operation
is
at
full
animal
6
capacity.
Animal
unit
capacity
is
determined
by
multiplying
7
the
maximum
number
of
each
category
of
animal
species
that
may
8
be
confined
at
one
time
by
an
equivalency
factor
assigned
to
9
that
category
and
then
adding
those
sums
together.
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