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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the amendment, S-5543, to House File 2494, as 1 2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as 1 3 follows: 1 4 #1. Page 6, by inserting before line 29, the 1 5 following: 1 6 "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 331.304B CONFINEMENT 1 7 FEEDING OPERATIONS SITING ORDINANCE. 1 8 1. As used in this section, unless the context 1 9 otherwise requires: 1 10 a. "Animal feeding operation structure" means the 1 11 same as defined in section 455B.161. 1 12 b. "Animal weight capacity" means the same as 1 13 defined in section 455B.161. 1 14 c. "Confinement feeding operation" means the same 1 15 as defined in section 455B.161. 1 16 d. "Small animal feeding operation" means the same 1 17 as defined in section 455B.161. 1 18 2. a. A county may adopt a confinement feeding 1 19 operations siting ordinance pursuant to section 1 20 331.302. The purpose of the ordinance shall be to 1 21 allow approval of the siting of a confinement feeding 1 22 operation regardless of chapter 335. 1 23 b. The ordinance shall establish a confinement 1 24 feeding operations siting commission which shall 1 25 function as provided in this section. The board shall 1 26 appoint seven members to the commission who reside in 1 27 the county, representing urban and rural interests. 1 28 The ordinance shall authorize a county to review and 1 29 approve or disapprove the site of the construction of 1 30 a confinement feeding operation, including a related 1 31 animal feeding operation structure, pursuant to a plan 1 32 developed by the commission and adopted by the county 1 33 board of supervisors. The ordinance shall provide for 1 34 methods and procedures required for submission of 1 35 proposals, review of proposals, and approval of a 1 36 site. 1 37 c. The plan adopted under this section shall 1 38 provide for all of the following: 1 39 (1) Ensuring the preservation and availability of 1 40 agricultural land reserved for confinement feeding 1 41 operations, including for the construction of 1 42 confinement feeding operations and related animal 1 43 feeding operation structures. 1 44 (2) Encouraging efficient urban development 1 45 patterns that do not burden agricultural land reserved 1 46 under the plan for confinement feeding operations. 1 47 (3) Preserving and protecting natural resources, 1 48 including water sources and fragile environmental 1 49 locations. 1 50 (4) Lessening congestion and overcrowding of 2 1 confinement feeding operations, especially near 2 2 cities. 2 3 d. The confinement feeding operations siting 2 4 commission shall review each proposal for the 2 5 construction or expansion of a confinement feeding 2 6 operation, and recommend to the county board of 2 7 supervisors that the board approve or disapprove the 2 8 proposal based on the plan provided under this 2 9 section. The commission shall make its recommendation 2 10 to the board within forty-five days after the date the 2 11 board receives a complete proposal. The board shall 2 12 approve or disapprove a proposal within forty-five 2 13 days after the date that the board receives the 2 14 commission's recommendation. 2 15 3. This section does not authorize a county board 2 16 of supervisors to adopt an ordinance which applies to 2 17 any of the following: 2 18 a. Standards or requirements relating to the 2 19 design or construction of animal feeding operation 2 20 structures, including requirements established under 2 21 chapter 455B, including rules adopted by the 2 22 department of natural resources under that chapter. 2 23 b. The siting of a small animal feeding 2 24 operation." 2 25 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 2 26 2 27 2 28 2 29 TOM VILSACK 2 30 MIKE CONNOLLY 2 31 BILL FINK 2 32 DICK L. DEARDEN 2 33 MARY NEUHAUSER 2 34 ROBERT E. DVORSKY 2 35 EUGENE S. FRAISE 2 36 JOHNIE HAMMOND 2 37 ELAINE SZYMONIAK 2 38 PATRICIA HARPER 2 39 STEVEN D. HANSEN 2 40 TOM FLYNN 2 41 JOHN P. KIBBIE 2 42 PATRICK J. DELUHERY 2 43 HF 2494.243 77 2 44 da/jl/28
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