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Senate Amendment 3809

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 555 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  3 clause and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  Section 163.30, subsection 2,
  1  5 paragraph c, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1  6    c.  "Swine moved" "Move" or "movement" means any
  1  7 physical to ship, transport, or deliver swine by land,
  1  8 water, or air, except that "move" or "movement" does
  1  9 not mean a relocation of.
  1 10    d.  "Relocate" or "relocation" means to ship,
  1 11 transport, or deliver swine by land, water, or air, to
  1 12 different premises, if the ownership of the swine to
  1 13 different does not change, the prior and new premises,
  1 14 except that it does not include movement of swine when
  1 15 their ownership does not change, and both their prior
  1 16 and new locations, and the movement between such
  1 17 locations, are located within the state of Iowa, and
  1 18 the shipment, transportation, or delivery between the
  1 19 prior and new premises occurs within the state.
  1 20    Sec. 2.  Section 166D.2, subsection 7, unnumbered
  1 21 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1 22    "Certificate of inspection" means a document
  1 23 approved by the United States department of
  1 24 agriculture or the department of agriculture and land
  1 25 stewardship, and issued by a licensed veterinarian
  1 26 prior to the interstate or intrastate movement of
  1 27 swine or to the relocation of swine.  The certificate
  1 28 of inspection must state all of the following:
  1 29    Sec. 3.  Section 166D.2, subsection 7, unnumbered
  1 30 paragraph 2, Code 1997, is amended by striking the
  1 31 unnumbered paragraph.
  1 32    Sec. 4.  Section 166D.2, subsection 31, Code 1997,
  1 33 is amended to read as follows:
  1 34    31.  "Move" or "movement" means to ship, transport,
  1 35 or deliver by land, water, or air the same as defined
  1 36 in section 163.30.
  1 37    Sec. 5.  Section 166D.2, Code 1997, is amended by
  1 38 adding the following new subsections:
  1 39    NEW SUBSECTION.  39A.  "Relocate" or "relocation"
  1 40 means the same as defined in section 163.30.
  1 41    NEW SUBSECTION.  39B.  "Relocation record" means a
  1 42 record as maintained by the owner of swine in a form
  1 43 and containing information as required by the rules
  1 44 adopted by the department, which indicates a
  1 45 relocation of swine as provided in section 166D.10.
  1 46    Sec. 6.  Section 166D.2, subsection 45, Code 1997,
  1 47 is amended to read as follows:
  1 48    45.  "Transportation certificate" means the same a
  1 49 written document evidencing that the movement or
  1 50 relocation of swine complies with the requirements of
  2  1 this chapter, and which may be a transportation
  2  2 certificate as provided in chapter 172B, or another
  2  3 document approved by the department, including but not
  2  4 limited to one or more types of forms covering
  2  5 different circumstances, as prescribed by the
  2  6 department.
  2  7    Sec. 7.  NEW SECTION.  166D.3A  DEPARTMENTAL
  2  8 DETERMINATION OF PSEUDORABIES PREVALENCE.
  2  9    The department shall periodically determine the
  2 10 prevalence of pseudorabies in each county in a manner
  2 11 and according to procedures established by rules
  2 12 adopted by the department.
  2 13    Sec. 8.  Section 166D.9, subsection 4, unnumbered
  2 14 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  2 15    While the state is classified in either stage I, or
  2 16 II, or III of the national pseudorabies program
  2 17 pursuant to federal regulations, the following
  2 18 requirements must be satisfied:
  2 19    Sec. 9.  Section 166D.10, subsection 1, unnumbered
  2 20 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  2 21    A person shall not sell, lease, exhibit, or loan,
  2 22 move, or relocate swine within the state, except to
  2 23 slaughter, unless the swine are accompanied by a
  2 24 certificate of inspection provided by the owner
  2 25 transferring possession in the same manner as provided
  2 26 for an official health certificate or veterinarian
  2 27 certificate as provided in section 163.30.  The
  2 28 department may combine the certificate of inspection
  2 29 with an official health certificate or a veterinarian
  2 30 inspection certificate.  A certificate of inspection
  2 31 is not required if any of the following apply:
  2 32    a.  The swine are moved to slaughter.
  2 33    b.  The swine are relocated, if all of the
  2 34 following apply:
  2 35    (1)  A transportation certificate accompanies the
  2 36 relocated swine.
  2 37    (2)  The swine's owner maintains information
  2 38 regarding the relocation in relocation records.  The
  2 39 department may adopt rules excusing a person from
  2 40 maintaining relocation records, if the department
  2 41 determines that the purposes of the chapter as
  2 42 provided in section 166D.1 are not furthered by the
  2 43 requirement.
  2 44    (3)  A certificate of inspection, or an official
  2 45 health certificate or a veterinarian inspection
  2 46 certificate as provided in section 163.30, has been
  2 47 issued for the swine within thirty days prior to the
  2 48 date of relocation.  The department may adopt rules
  2 49 excusing a person from complying with this
  2 50 subparagraph if the department determines that the
  3  1 purposes of the chapter as provided in section 166D.1
  3  2 are not furthered by the requirement.
  3  3    The department shall adopt rules required to
  3  4 administer this paragraph.  A transportation
  3  5 certificate accompanying relocated swine shall cite
  3  6 the relevant relocation record and certificate of
  3  7 inspection, or official health certificate or
  3  8 veterinarian inspection certificate.  The department
  3  9 may provide for the examination of the relocation
  3 10 records on the owner's premises during normal business
  3 11 hours, or may require that reports containing relevant
  3 12 information contained in relocation records and
  3 13 certificates of inspection, or official health
  3 14 certificates or veterinarian inspection certificates,
  3 15 be periodically submitted to the department.  For
  3 16 purposes of this section, swine production information
  3 17 contained in relocation records is a trade secret as
  3 18 provided in section 22.7, unless otherwise provided by
  3 19 rules adopted by the department.  The department shall
  3 20 provide for the disclosure of confidential information
  3 21 only to the extent required for enforcement of this
  3 22 chapter, the detection and prosecution of public
  3 23 offenses, or to comply with a subpoena or court order.
  3 24    c.  A person transferring ownership of all or part
  3 25 of a herd, if the herd remains on the same premises.
  3 26 However, the herd must be tested by statistical
  3 27 sampling.  If any part of the herd is subsequently
  3 28 moved or relocated, the swine that are moved or
  3 29 relocated must be accompanied by a certificate of
  3 30 inspection, or an official health certificate or
  3 31 veterinarian certificate as provided in section
  3 32 163.30, unless the swine are moved to slaughter.
  3 33    1A.  Swine that are moved shall be individually
  3 34 identified as provided in section 163.30, which may
  3 35 include requirements for affixing ear tags to swine.
  3 36 However, a native Iowa feeder pig pigs moved from farm
  3 37 to farm within the state is exempt from the
  3 38 certificate of inspection's shall not be subject to
  3 39 the identification requirements of this subsection, if
  3 40 the owner transferring possession and of the feeder
  3 41 pigs executes a written agreement with the person
  3 42 taking possession state on the certificate of
  3 43 inspection that of the feeder swine pigs.  The
  3 44 agreement shall provide that the feeder pigs will not
  3 45 be commingled with other swine for a period of thirty
  3 46 days.  The owner transferring possession shall provide
  3 47 a copy of the agreement to the person taking
  3 48 possession of the feeder pigs.
  3 49    As used in this subsection "farm to farm within the
  3 50 state" does not include the movement or relocation of
  4  1 native Iowa feeder pigs to the possession of a dealer
  4  2 licensed pursuant to section 163.30.  Native Iowa
  4  3 feeder pigs that are moved shall be accompanied by a
  4  4 certificate of inspection, or an official health
  4  5 certificate or veterinarian certificate as provided in
  4  6 section 163.30, unless swine are otherwise exempted
  4  7 from this requirement by this section.
  4  8    Sec. 10.  Section 166D.10, subsection 1, unnumbered
  4  9 paragraph 2, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  4 10    1B.  Swine moved into or within Iowa for breeding
  4 11 purposes must originate from a herd not under
  4 12 quarantine which is one of the following:
  4 13    Sec. 11.  Section 166D.10, subsection 4, Code 1997,
  4 14 is amended to read as follows:
  4 15    4.  In addition to other applicable requirements of
  4 16 this section, feeder swine shall not be moved into
  4 17 from a location outside of this state from another
  4 18 state except to slaughter, unless the feeder swine are
  4 19 vaccinated by a differentiable vaccine within forty-
  4 20 five days of arrival in this state to a location
  4 21 within this state shall be vaccinated, if the feeder
  4 22 swine are moved into a county where the department
  4 23 determines that more than three percent of all herds
  4 24 in the county are infected herds.  The feeder swine
  4 25 shall be vaccinated with a differentiable vaccine
  4 26 according to procedures established by rules adopted
  4 27 by the department.  However, this subsection shall not
  4 28 require vaccination if the feeder swine originate from
  4 29 a qualified negative herd or a qualified
  4 30 differentiable negative herd.
  4 31    Sec. 12.  ADOPTION OF RULES.  The department of
  4 32 agriculture and land stewardship shall adopt all rules
  4 33 required to administer this Act not later than January
  4 34 1, 1998.
  4 35    Sec. 13.  EFFECTIVE DATES.
  4 36    1.  Except as provided in subsection 2, this Act,
  4 37 being deemed of immediate importance, is effective
  4 38 upon enactment.
  4 39    2.  The amendment to section 166D.10, subsection 4,
  4 40 Code 1997, takes effect upon the adoption of rules by
  4 41 the department of natural resources required to
  4 42 administer the section, but not later than January 1,
  4 43 1998." 
  4 44 
  4 45 
  4 46                               
  4 47 COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
  4 48 WILMER RENSINK, Chairperson 
  4 49 SF 555.302 77
  4 50 da/cf/28
     

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