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Senate Amendment 5238

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2220 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  3 clause and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  Section 9H.5A, subsection 3, paragraph
  1  5 g, Code Supplement 1995, is amended to read as
  1  6 follows:
  1  7    g.  The approximate number of livestock, including
  1  8 cattle, sheep, swine, ostriches, rheas, emus, or
  1  9 poultry, owned, contracted for, or kept by the
  1 10 corporation, limited liability company, trust, or
  1 11 limited partnership;, and the approximate number of
  1 12 offspring produced from the livestock; and for each
  1 13 county the animal weight capacity of each confinement
  1 14 feeding operation in which swine are fed.
  1 15    Sec. 2.  Section 9H.5B, Code 1995, is amended by
  1 16 adding the following new subsection:
  1 17    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  For each county, the animal
  1 18 weight capacity of each confinement feeding operation
  1 19 in which swine are fed pursuant to a care and feeding
  1 20 contract in which the contract feeder is a party.
  1 21    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  9H.5C  REPORTS BY
  1 22 CONFINEMENT FEEDING OPERATIONS.
  1 23    A person who owns confinement feeding operations
  1 24 having a total animal weight capacity of seven million
  1 25 five hundred thousand pounds or more shall file with
  1 26 the secretary of state on or before March 31 of each
  1 27 year, a report stating all of the following:
  1 28    1.  The name and address of the person.
  1 29    2.  The total animal weight capacity of all
  1 30 confinement feeding operations which are owned by the
  1 31 person.
  1 32    3.  For each county, the animal weight capacity of
  1 33 all confinement feeding operations which are owned by
  1 34 the person.
  1 35    4.  Whether the person is required to file a report
  1 36 as a contract feeder pursuant to section 9H.5B.
  1 37    Sec. 4.  Section 9H.14, Code 1995, is amended to
  1 38 read as follows:
  1 39    9H.14  DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
  1 40    1.  The secretary of state shall notify the
  1 41 attorney general when the secretary of state has
  1 42 reason to believe a violation of this chapter has
  1 43 occurred.  It is the intent of this section that
  1 44 information Information compiled from reports required
  1 45 under this section shall be made available to members
  1 46 of the general assembly and appropriate committees of
  1 47 the general assembly in order to determine the extent
  1 48 of farming being carried out in this state by
  1 49 corporations and other business entities and the
  1 50 effect of such farming practices upon the economy of
  2  1 this state.  The secretary of state shall assist any
  2  2 committee of the general assembly existing or
  2  3 established for the purposes of studying the effects
  2  4 of this chapter and the practices this chapter seeks
  2  5 to study and regulate.
  2  6    2.  The Notwithstanding chapter 22, reports of
  2  7 corporations, limited liability companies, limited
  2  8 partnerships, trusts, contractors, and processors
  2  9 required in this chapter shall be confidential reports
  2 10 except as to the.  However, the reports may be made
  2 11 available to the attorney general for review and
  2 12 appropriate action when necessary.  Information
  2 13 regarding confinement swine feeding enterprises as
  2 14 defined in section 455B.171, shall not be
  2 15 confidential.
  2 16    3.  The secretary of state shall assist any
  2 17 committee of the general assembly existing or
  2 18 established for the purposes of studying the effects
  2 19 of this chapter and the practices this chapter seeks
  2 20 to study and regulate each year compile information
  2 21 regarding commercial confinement swine feeding
  2 22 enterprises.  The information shall be made available
  2 23 upon request to a county.  The information may be
  2 24 compiled from reports required to be filed pursuant to
  2 25 this chapter, including sections 9H.5A, 9H.5B, and
  2 26 9H.5C, and financing statements required to be filed
  2 27 pursuant to section 554.9401.
  2 28    Sec. 5.  Section 455B.171, Code Supplement 1995, is
  2 29 amended by adding the following new subsection:
  2 30    NEW SUBSECTION.  4A.  "Confinement swine feeding
  2 31 enterprise" means a person who owns or is a party to a
  2 32 contract for the care and feeding of swine, if the
  2 33 swine are fed in confinement feeding operations and
  2 34 the total animal weight capacity of all confinement
  2 35 feeding operations in which the swine are fed in this
  2 36 state is seven million five hundred thousand pounds or
  2 37 more.
  2 38    A confinement swine feeding operation which is
  2 39 owned by a person holding an interest in a profit or
  2 40 nonprofit entity, shall not be considered when
  2 41 calculating animal weight capacity and shall not be
  2 42 considered as part of a confinement swine feeding
  2 43 enterprise, unless the swine are owned by the business
  2 44 entity or subject to a contract for their care and
  2 45 feeding in which the enterprise is a party.
  2 46    Sec. 6.  Section 455B.173, subsection 13, Code
  2 47 Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  2 48    13.  a.  Adopt, modify, or repeal rules relating to
  2 49 the construction or operation of animal feeding
  2 50 operations.  The rules shall include, but are not
  3  1 limited to, minimum manure control requirements,
  3  2 requirements for obtaining permits, and departmental
  3  3 evaluations of animal feeding operations.  The
  3  4 department shall not require that a person obtain a
  3  5 permit for the construction of an animal feeding
  3  6 operation structure, if the structure is part of a
  3  7 small animal feeding operation.
  3  8    b.  The department shall collect an indemnity fee
  3  9 as provided in section 204.3 prior to the issuance of
  3 10 a construction permit.  The department shall deposit
  3 11 moneys collected in indemnity fees in the manure
  3 12 storage indemnity fund created in section 204.2.
  3 13    c.  The department shall not approve a permit for
  3 14 the construction of three or more animal feeding
  3 15 operation structures unless the applicant files a
  3 16 statement approved by a professional engineer
  3 17 registered pursuant to chapter 542B certifying that
  3 18 the construction of the animal feeding operation
  3 19 structure will not impede the drainage through
  3 20 established drainage tile lines which cross property
  3 21 boundary lines unless measures are taken to
  3 22 reestablish the drainage prior to completion of
  3 23 construction.  The department shall deposit moneys
  3 24 collected in indemnity fees in the manure storage
  3 25 indemnity fund created in section 204.2.
  3 26    d.  The department shall issue a permit for an
  3 27 animal feeding operation, if an application is
  3 28 submitted according to procedures required by the
  3 29 department according to this section, and the
  3 30 application meets standards established by the
  3 31 department, regardless of whether the animal feeding
  3 32 operation is required to obtain such a permit.  An
  3 33 applicant for a construction permit shall not begin
  3 34 construction at the location of a site planned for the
  3 35 construction of an animal feeding operation structure,
  3 36 until the person has been granted a permit for the
  3 37 construction of the structure by the department.
  3 38    e.  The department shall make a determination
  3 39 regarding the approval or denial of a permit within
  3 40 sixty days from the date that the department receives
  3 41 a completed application for a the approval of the
  3 42 permit, as provided in this paragraph.  However, the
  3 43 sixty-day requirement shall not apply to an
  3 44 application, if the applicant is not required to
  3 45 obtain a permit in order to construct an animal
  3 46 feeding operation structure or to operate an animal
  3 47 feeding operation.  The department shall deliver a
  3 48 copy or require the applicant to deliver a copy of the
  3 49 application for a construction permit to the county
  3 50 board of supervisors in the county where the
  4  1 confinement feeding operation or confinement feeding
  4  2 operation structure subject to the permit is to be
  4  3 located.  Upon receipt of an application for
  4  4 departmental approval under this subsection, the
  4  5 department shall determine if the application complies
  4  6 with all permit requirements.  The process of
  4  7 approving or disapproving a permit shall be as
  4  8 follows:
  4  9    (1)  If the confinement feeding operation is not a
  4 10 confinement swine feeding enterprise, the department
  4 11 shall not approve the application or issue a
  4 12 construction permit until thirty days following
  4 13 delivery of the application to the county board of
  4 14 supervisors.  The department shall consider comments
  4 15 from the county board of supervisors, regarding
  4 16 compliance by the applicant with the legal
  4 17 requirements for the construction of the confinement
  4 18 feeding operation structure as provided in this
  4 19 chapter, and rules adopted by the department pursuant
  4 20 to this chapter, if the comments are delivered to the
  4 21 department within fourteen days after receipt of the
  4 22 application by the county board of supervisors.
  4 23    (2)  If the confinement feeding operation is a
  4 24 confinement swine feeding enterprise, the department
  4 25 shall not approve the application unless the
  4 26 department receives the approval of the application
  4 27 from the county.
  4 28    f.  Prior to granting a permit to a person for the
  4 29 construction of an animal feeding operation, the
  4 30 department may require the installation and operation
  4 31 of a hydrological monitoring system for an exclusively
  4 32 earthen manure storage structure, if, after an on-site
  4 33 inspection, the department determines that the site
  4 34 presents an extraordinary potential for groundwater
  4 35 pollution.
  4 36    g.  A person shall not obtain a permit for the
  4 37 construction of a confinement feeding operation,
  4 38 unless the person develops a manure management plan as
  4 39 provided in section 455B.203.
  4 40    h.  The department shall not issue a permit to a
  4 41 person under this subsection if an enforcement action
  4 42 by the department, relating to a violation of this
  4 43 chapter concerning a confinement feeding operation in
  4 44 which the person has an interest, is pending.  The
  4 45 department shall not issue a permit to a person under
  4 46 this subsection for five years after the date of the
  4 47 last violation committed by a person or confinement
  4 48 feeding operation in which the person holds a
  4 49 controlling interest during which the person or
  4 50 operation was classified as a habitual violator under
  5  1 section 455B.191.  The department shall conduct an
  5  2 annual review of each confinement feeding operation
  5  3 which is a habitual violator and each confinement
  5  4 feeding operation in which a habitual violator holds a
  5  5 controlling interest.  The department shall notify
  5  6 persons classified as habitual violators of their
  5  7 classification, additional restrictions imposed upon
  5  8 the persons pursuant to the classification, and
  5  9 special civil penalties that may be imposed upon the
  5 10 persons.  The notice shall be sent to the persons by
  5 11 certified mail.
  5 12    Sec. 7.  Section 554.9402, subsection 1, Code 1995,
  5 13 is amended to read as follows:
  5 14    1.  A financing statement is sufficient if it gives
  5 15 the names of the debtor and the secured party, is
  5 16 signed by the debtor, gives an address of the secured
  5 17 party from which information concerning the security
  5 18 interest may be obtained, gives a mailing address of
  5 19 the debtor and contains a statement indicating the
  5 20 types, or describing the items, of collateral.  A
  5 21 financing statement may be filed before a security
  5 22 agreement is made or a security interest otherwise
  5 23 attaches.  When the financing statement covers crops
  5 24 growing or to be grown, the statement must also
  5 25 contain a description of the real estate concerned.
  5 26 When a financing statement covers swine fed in a
  5 27 confinement feeding operation as provided in section
  5 28 455B.161, the financing statement shall state the
  5 29 animal weight capacity of the confinement feeding
  5 30 operation as verified by the debtor.  When the
  5 31 financing statement covers timber to be cut or covers
  5 32 minerals or the like (including oil and gas) or
  5 33 accounts subject to section 554.9103, subsection 5, or
  5 34 when the financing statement is filed as a fixture
  5 35 filing (section 554.9313) and the collateral is goods
  5 36 which are or are to become fixtures, the statement
  5 37 must also comply with subsection 5.  A copy of the
  5 38 security agreement is sufficient as a financing
  5 39 statement if it contains the above information and is
  5 40 signed by the debtor.  A copy of a jobs training
  5 41 agreement entered into under chapter 260E or 260F
  5 42 between an employer and a community college is
  5 43 sufficient as a financing statement if it contains the
  5 44 information required by this section and is signed by
  5 45 the employer.  A carbon, photographic or other
  5 46 reproduction of a security agreement or a financing
  5 47 statement is sufficient as a financing statement if
  5 48 the security agreement so provides or if the original
  5 49 has been filed in this state.  The secretary of state
  5 50 must accept for filing a copy of a signature required
  6  1 by this section.  The secretary of state may adopt
  6  2 rules for the electronic filing of a financing
  6  3 statement.
  6  4    Sec. 8.  Section 554.9402, subsection 3, Code 1995,
  6  5 is amended to read as follows:
  6  6    3.  A form substantially as follows is sufficient
  6  7 to comply with subsection 1:  
  6  8    Name of debtor (or assignor) ......................
  6  9    Address ...........................................
  6 10    Name of secured party (or assignee) ...............
  6 11    Address ...........................................
  6 12    (1)  This financing statement covers the following
  6 13 types (or items) of property:
  6 14    (Describe) .......................................
  6 15    (2)  (If collateral is crops)  The above described
  6 16 crops are growing or are to be grown on:
  6 17    (Describe Real Estate) ...........................
  6 18    (3)  (If collateral is swine fed in a confinement
  6 19 feeding operation)  The above described swine are fed
  6 20 in a confinement feeding operation that has an animal
  6 21 weight capacity of:
  6 22    (State Animal Weight Capacity) ..............
  6 23    (3) (4)  (If applicable)  The above goods are to
  6 24 become fixtures on
  6 25    Where appropriate either add or substitute "The
  6 26 above timber is standing on ........" or "The above
  6 27 minerals or the like (including oil and gas) are
  6 28 located on ........" or "The above accounts will be
  6 29 financed at the wellhead or minehead of the well or
  6 30 mine located on ......" or any or all of these
  6 31    (Describe Real Estate) ...........................  
  6 32 and this financing statement is to be filed for record
  6 33 in the real estate records. (If the debtor does not
  6 34 have an interest of record) The name of a record owner
  6 35 is ....................
  6 36    (4) (5)  (If products of collateral are claimed)
  6 37 Products of the collateral are also covered.  
  6 38    (use whichever is applicable) ....................
  6 39    Signature of Debtor (or Assignor) ................
  6 40    Signature of Secured Party (or Assignee) ........."
  6 41    #2.  Title page, by striking lines 3 through 8 and
  6 42 inserting the following:  "including confinement
  6 43 swine feeding operations."
  6 44    #3.  By renumbering as necessary.
  6 45 
  6 46 
  6 47                              
  6 48 STEWART IVERSON, Jr.
  6 49 SF 2220.204 76
  6 50 da/jj
     

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