House Journal: Page 1467: Tuesday, April 20, 1999

39     3.  The attorney general shall have access to all

40   information reported by packers pursuant to section
41   172C.2, regardless of whether the information is
42   confidential.  The attorney general may use the
43   information in order to enforce this chapter or may
44   submit the information to a federal agency.
45     Sec. 8. NEW SECTION.  172C.7  PENALTIES.
46     1.  A packer who fails to file a timely, accurate,
47   or complete purchase report as required pursuant to
48   section 172C.2 is subject to a civil penalty of not
49   more than five thousand dollars.  Each failure by a
50   packer to file a timely, accurate, or complete
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 1   purchase report constitutes a separate violation.
 2     2.  A packer who fails to post a timely, accurate,
 3   or complete purchase notice as required pursuant to
 4   section 172C.3 is subject to a civil penalty of not
 5   more than one thousand dollars.  Each failure by a
 6   packer to post a timely, accurate, or complete
 7   purchase notice constitutes a separate violation.
 8     3.  A packer who includes a confidentiality
 9   provision in a contract with a livestock seller in
10   violation of section 172C.4 is guilty of a fraudulent
11   practice as provided in section 714.8.
12     Sec. 9.  Section 714.8, Code 1999, is amended by
13   adding the following new subsection:
14     NEW SUBSECTION.  17.  A packer who includes a
15   confidentiality provision in a contract with a
16   livestock seller in violation of section 172C.4.
17     Sec. 10.  APPLICABILITY.  A packer shall provide
18   purchase reports to the department of agriculture and
19   land stewardship as required in section 172C.2 and
20   shall post a purchase notice as provided in section
21   172C.3, as enacted in this Act, for each species of
22   livestock as defined in section 172C.1, as enacted in
23   this Act, in accordance with rules adopted by the
24   department governing that species.
25     Sec. 11.  FUTURE REPEAL OF SECTIONS AND ELIMINATION
26   OF PROVISIONS - IMPLEMENTATION OF FEDERAL STATUTES
27   AND REGULATIONS.
28     1.  Subject to subsection 2, all of the following
29   shall apply:
30     a.  If the federal government implements a statute
31   or regulation that is substantially similar to or more
32   stringent than purchase reporting requirements
33   provided in section 172C.2 and penalties provided in
34   section 172C.7, subsection 1, as enacted by this Act,
35   all of the following shall apply:
36     (1)  Section 172C.2 is repealed.
37     (2)  All of the following sections are amended as

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