Text: HF02084 Text: HF02086 Text: HF02000 - HF02099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 2085 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO HEALTH CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS FOR BREEDING BULLS 1 5 AND MAKING PENALTIES APPLICABLE. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. Section 163.40, Code 1999, is amended by adding 1 10 the following new subsection: 1 11 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. "Licensee" means a person required to 1 12 obtain a license pursuant to section 163.41. 1 13 Sec. 2. Section 163.43, Code 1999, is amended to read as 1 14 follows: 1 15 163.43 HEALTH CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. 1 16 1.No licensee shall lease as lessor, and noA person 1 17 shalllease asnot belessee,a party to a lease of a breeding 1 18 bull within this state in which the lessor is a licensee, 1 19 unlesssuchthe breeding bull is accompanied by a health 1 20 certificatesigned. For the purposes of this section, a 1 21 breeding bull is leased within this state if it is leased to 1 22 an Iowa resident. 1 23 2. The health certificate shall be issued by a licensed 1 24 veterinarianand showingwho examines the breeding bull and 1 25 signs the health certificate. The health certificate shall 1 26 include all of the following: 1 271. That the breeding bull has been tested by a licensed1 28veterinarian within sixty days prior to rental and found to be1 29free from Bang's disease, and tuberculosis.1 302.a.That,A statement that to the best of the knowledge 1 31 and belief of theexamining licensedveterinarian, the 1 32 breeding bull is apparently free from any infectious, 1 33 contagious, or communicable disease. 1 34 b. A statement that the breeding bull has reacted 1 35 negatively to a test for brucellosis conducted within six 2 1 months prior to the date that the veterinarian signs the 2 2 health certificate. 2 3 c. If the breeding bull does not originate from this 2 4 state, a statement that importing the breeding bull satisfies 2 5 applicable importation requirements. 2 63.d. The identification number of the breeding bull 2 7tested and theas required pursuant to section 163.42. 2 8 e. The dateof issuance ofthat the health certificate is 2 9 issued. 2 10 3.SuchThe health certificate shall not be validfor one2 11rental on one premise onlyafter the term of the lease expires 2 12 or after the breeding bull moves from the lessee's premises. 2 13 Thereafter, a new health certificate must be issuedafter the2 14breeding bull has been retested; but no new test for2 15tuberculosis shall be required if the breeding bull is leased2 16within sixty days of the last tuberculosis testas required in 2 17 this section. 2 18 4. One copy of the health certificate shall befiled with2 19the department within fourteen days after its issuance; and2 20oneissued to the licensee who shall maintain the health 2 21 certificate as part of the licensee's business records. One 2 22 copy of the health certificate shall be issued to the lessee 2 23 when the breeding bull is delivered to the lessee. A licensee 2 24 shall show the health certificateof any breeding bullupon 2 25therequestofto any person designated by the department to 2 26 enforce the provisions of thisdivisionsection.The licensee2 27shall also, within ten days after the lease of each breeding2 28bull, notify the department in writing of the name and address2 29of the person to whom the breeding bull is being leased,2 30together with the date of delivery.2 31For the purposes of this section, a breeding bull is leased2 32within this state if it is leased to an Iowa resident.2 33 Sec. 3. Section 163.46, Code 1999, is amended to read as 2 34 follows: 2 35 163.46 SALE OF SEMEN. 3 1It shall be unlawful for theThe owner ofanya breeding 3 2 bull located within this statetoshall not sell the semen 3 3 from that bull for the purpose of artificial insemination 3 4 unlessthat person hasthe owner is in possession of asigned3 5 health certificate signed and issued by a licensed 3 6 veterinarian withintwelvesix months before the date the 3 7 semenwasis collected, provided the. The health certificate 3 8 shall not be valid if the bullhad not beenis moved toany3 9other premiseanother premises between the date of examination 3 10 and the date of collection, showing. The health certificate 3 11 shall show that on the date of issue the breeding bull had 3 12 been tested negative fortuberculosis and Bang's disease3 13 brucellosis and, to the best knowledge and belief of the 3 14 examining veterinarian, wasapparentlyfree from any 3 15 infectious, contagious, or communicable disease.If a3 16breeding bull is moved to any other premise after issuance of3 17the health certificate but prior to collection of the semen,3 18that health certificate shall be invalid for purposes of this3 19section.3 20 3 21 3 22 3 23 BRENT SIEGRIST 3 24 Speaker of the House 3 25 3 26 3 27 3 28 MARY E. KRAMER 3 29 President of the Senate 3 30 3 31 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 3 32 is known as House File 2085, Seventy-eighth General Assembly. 3 33 3 34 3 35 4 1 ELIZABETH ISAACSON 4 2 Chief Clerk of the House 4 3 Approved , 2000 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 7 THOMAS J. VILSACK 4 8 Governor
Text: HF02084 Text: HF02086 Text: HF02000 - HF02099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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