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House Journal: Page 1357: Wednesday, April 3, 1996

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 1   purposes of completing the study.  A person receiving
 2   an award must be an entity organized to do business
 3   under the laws of this state and principally located
 4   in this state.  The business entity must make a
 5   commitment to invest at least $25,000,000 for the
 6   construction and operation of the proposed cattle
 7   slaughtering and beef processing facility, if, based
 8   on the study, the business entity constructs the
 9   facility.  The department, in cooperation with the
10   department of economic development, shall establish
11   criteria, select eligible business entities, and make
12   awards as directed by the agricultural products
13   advisory council established pursuant to section
14   15.203.
15     5.  To the department of natural resources for
16   supporting the environmental education initiative
17   pursuant to section 258B.1, as enacted in this Act:
18   	$    150,000
19     Sec. 13.  ATTORNEY GENERAL INVESTIGATORS -- ANIMAL
20   FEEDING OPERATIONS.  There is appropriated from the
21   general fund of the state to the office of attorney
22   general for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996,
23   and ending June 30, 1997, the following amount, or so
24   much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
25   purpose designated:
26     For the investigation of animal feeding operations
27   regulated under chapter 455B, including salaries,
28   support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for
29   not more than the following full-time equivalent
30   positions:
31   	$    109,000
32   	FTEs       2.00
33     Persons employed as investigators under this
34   section shall investigate animal feeding operations,
35   including by inspecting animal feeding operations, and
36   especially confinement feeding operations and the
37   storage and disposal of manure from animal feeding
38   operations, to ensure compliance with state law,
39   including chapter 455B and rules adopted by the
40   department of natural resources.  Each investigator
41   shall have an office in and investigate a region of
42   the state where there is a high concentration of
43   confinement feeding operations.  An investigator may
44   inspect an animal feeding operation at any time during
45   normal working hours or at other times if exigent
46   circumstances exist, and may examine records required
47   to be maintained as part of a manure management plan
48   required pursuant to section 455B.203.  In order to
49   access the animal feeding operation during normal
50   business hours, the investigator must comply with

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