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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 161C.1, Code 1995, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection before subsection 1 and 1 3 renumbering subsequent subsections: 1 4 NEW SUBSECTION. 1. "Animal feeding operation" means a 1 5 lot, yard, corral, building, or other area in which animals 1 6 are confined and fed and maintained for forty-five days or 1 7 more in any twelve-month period, and all structures used for 1 8 the storage of manure from animals in the operation. 1 9 Sec. 2. Section 161C.1, Code 1995, is amended by adding 1 10 the following new subsection: 1 11 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. "Confinement feeding operation" means 1 12 an animal feeding operation in which animals are confined to 1 13 areas which are totally roofed. 1 14 Sec. 3. Section 161C.5, subsection 3, Code 1995, is 1 15 amended to read as follows: 1 16 3. The fund shall be used to support the organic nutrient 1 17 management program provided in section 161C.6. Moneys shall 1 18 be used to provide financial incentives under the program and 1 19 to pay for expenses incurred by the division in administering 1 20 the program. Not less than five percent of the moneys in the 1 21 fund shall be expended for purposes of supporting tree 1 22 planting projects as provided in section 161C.6. Not more 1 23 than two percent of the moneys shall be used to pay for 1 24 administering the program. Moneys expended for financial 1 25 incentives shall be allocated on a cost-share basis. The 1 26 division may adopt rules to administer this section. 1 27 Sec. 4. Section 161C.6, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 1 28 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 29 a. The program shall provide financial incentives to 1 30 establish livestock manure management systemsto facilitate1 31the proper utilization of livestock manure as a nutrient1 32source, and to protect the water resources of the state from1 33livestock manure runoff. Each fiscal year beginning on July 1 1 34 and ending on June 30, the division shall provide financial 1 35 incentives to support projects which reduce odor resulting 2 1 from animal feeding operations, especially confinement feeding 2 2 operations. The division shall establish a tree planting 2 3 project to support the planting of fast-growing trees 2 4 surrounding operations, including manure storage structures 2 5 used as part of the operations. During each fiscal year, the 2 6 division shall provide financial incentives to facilitate the 2 7 proper utilization of livestock manure as a nutrient source, 2 8 and to protect the water resources of the state from livestock 2 9 manure runoff. 2 10 EXPLANATION 2 11 This bill amends chapter 161C, which, in part, establishes 2 12 an organic nutrient management program which is supported by 2 13 an organic nutrient management fund. The program is 2 14 administered by the soil conservation division of the 2 15 department of agriculture and land stewardship. The purpose 2 16 of the program is to provide financial incentives on a cost- 2 17 share basis with eligible persons, to establish livestock 2 18 manure management systems to facilitate the proper utilization 2 19 of livestock manure as a nutrient source, and to protect the 2 20 water resources of the state from livestock manure runoff. A 2 21 person is eligible to participate in the program, if the 2 22 person is a livestock producer who is an individual or family 2 23 farm entity recognized by the corporate farming law (chapter 2 24 9H). 2 25 This bill provides that projects eligible to be supported 2 26 by the fund include projects which reduce odor resulting from 2 27 animal feeding operations, especially confinement feeding 2 28 operations. The bill also provides that the division must use 2 29 5 percent of moneys in the fund to support the planting of 2 30 fast-growing trees surrounding operations, including manure 2 31 storage structures used as part of the operations. 2 32 LSB 2024HH 76 2 33 da/sc/14
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