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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 206.2, Code 1997, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. a. "Antimicrobial pesticide" means a 1 4 pesticide that is manufactured to do any of the following: 1 5 (1) Mitigate the growth or development of microbiological 1 6 organisms, including by disinfecting or sanitizing the site 1 7 where the pesticide is applied. 1 8 (2) Protect inanimate objects, industrial processes or 1 9 systems, surfaces, or water or other chemical compounds or 1 10 substances from contamination, fouling, or deterioration 1 11 caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, algae, or slime. 1 12 b. "Antimicrobial pesticide" does not include any of the 1 13 following: 1 14 (1) A wood preservative or product manufactured to 1 15 preserve paint. 1 16 (2) An agricultural fungicide. 1 17 (3) An aquatic herbicide. 1 18 (4) A substance or mixture of substances manufactured for 1 19 purposes of preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating 1 20 directly or indirectly insects, rodents, nematodes, weeds, and 1 21 other forms of plant or animal life, or manufactured for use 1 22 as a plant growth regulator, defoliant, or desiccant. 1 23 Sec. 2. Section 206.12, subsection 3, Code 1997, is 1 24 amended to read as follows: 1 25 3. The registrant, before selling or offering for sale any 1 26 pesticide for use in this state, shall register each brand and 1 27 grade of such pesticide with the secretary upon forms 1 28 furnished by the secretary, and the. The secretary shallset1 29theestablish a registration fee annuallyat. The amount of 1 30 the fee shall be one-fifth of one percent of gross sales 1 31 within this state with a minimum fee of two hundred fifty 1 32 dollars and a maximum fee of three thousand dollars for each 1 33 and every brand and grade to be offered for sale in this state 1 34 except asotherwise provided.follows: 1 35 a. The annual registration fee forproductsa brand and 2 1 grade of pesticide with gross annual sales in this state of 2 2 less than one million five hundred thousand dollars shall be 2 3 the greater of two hundred fifty dollars or one-fifth of one 2 4 percent of the gross annual sales as established by affidavit 2 5 of the registrant. 2 6 b. An annual registration fee shall not be imposed upon 2 7 the sale or offer for sale of a brand and grade of 2 8 antimicrobial pesticide. 2 9 c. The secretary shall adopt by rule exemptions to the 2 10 minimum fee. 2 11 PARAGRAPH DIVIDED. Fifty dollars of each fee collected 2 12 shall be deposited in the general fund of the state, shall be 2 13 subject to the requirements of section 8.60, and shall be used 2 14 only for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this 2 15 chapter and the remainder of each fee collected shall be 2 16 placed in the agriculture management account of the 2 17 groundwater protection fund. 2 18 EXPLANATION 2 19 This bill amends Code chapter 206, the "Pesticide Act of 2 20 Iowa". Code section 206.12 requires the registration of all 2 21 grades and brands of pesticides sold or offered for sale in 2 22 this state. A registrant is liable for a registration fee 2 23 based on the gross sales within this state but with a minimum 2 24 and maximum amount. 2 25 This bill exempts brands or grades of antimicrobial 2 26 pesticides which are sold or offered for sale in the state 2 27 from the registration fee. According to the bill, an 2 28 antimicrobial pesticide is manufactured to either (1) mitigate 2 29 the growth or development of microbiological organisms, 2 30 including by disinfecting or sanitizing the site where the 2 31 pesticide is applied or (2) protect inanimate objects, 2 32 industrial processes or systems, surfaces, or water or other 2 33 chemical compounds or substances from contamination, fouling, 2 34 or deterioration caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, 2 35 algae, or slime. 3 1 The bill provides that an antimicrobial pesticide does not 3 2 include wood preservatives, paint preservatives, agricultural 3 3 fungicides, aquatic herbicides, or substances manufactured for 3 4 purposes of controlling insects, rodents, nematodes, weeds, 3 5 and other forms of plant or animal life or for use as a plant 3 6 growth regulator, defoliant, or desiccant. 3 7 LSB 3887HH 77 3 8 da/cf/24
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