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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 706 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 3, by inserting after line 29 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. . Section 9H.2, unnumbered paragraph 1, 1 5 Code 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 6 In order to preserve free and private enterprise, 1 7 prevent monopoly, and protect consumers, it is 1 8 unlawful for any processor of beef or pork or limited 1 9 partnership in which a processor holds partnership 1 10 shares as a general partner or partnership shares as a 1 11 limited partner, or limited liability company in which 1 12 a processor is a member, to directly or indirectly 1 13 own, control or operate a feedlot in Iowa in which 1 14 hogs or cattle are fed for slaughter. In addition, a 1 15 processor shall not directly or indirectly control the 1 16 manufacturing, processing, or preparation for sale of 1 17 pork products derived from swine if the processor 1 18 contracted for the care and feeding of the swine in 1 19 this state. However, this section does not apply to a 1 20 cooperative association organized under chapter 497, 1 21 498, or 499, if the cooperative association contracts 1 22 for the care and feeding of swine with a member of the 1 23 cooperative association who is actively engaged in 1 24 farming. This section does not apply to an 1 25 association organized as a cooperative in which 1 26 another cooperative association organized under 1 27 chapter 497, 498, or 499 is a member, if the 1 28 association contracts with a member which is a 1 29 cooperative association organized under chapter 497, 1 30 498, or 499, which contracts for the care and feeding 1 31 of swine with a member of the cooperative who is 1 32 actively engaged in farming. This section shall not 1 33 preclude a processor, limited partnership, or limited 1 34 liability company from contracting for the purchase of 1 35 hogs or cattle, provided that where the contract sets 1 36 a date for delivery which is more than twenty days 1 37 after the making of the contract it shall:" 1 38 #2. Title page, line 1, by striking the words "by 1 39 persons owning or leasing" and inserting the 1 40 following: "in". 1 41 #3. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the 1 42 word "land" the following: "and livestock". 1 43 1 44 1 45 1 46 KREIMAN of Davis 1 47 HF 706.706 77 1 48 da/sc/28
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