House Journal: Page 1794: Wednesday, April 28, 1999

42   filing the form.

43     Sec. 10.  Section 579A.2, subsection 3, Code 1999,
44   is amended to read as follows:
45     3.  Except as provided in chapter 581, a lien
46   created under this section until preserved and a lien
47   preserved under this section is superior to and shall
48   have priority over a conflicting lien or security
49   interest in the cattle, including a lien or security
50   interest that was perfected prior to the creation of
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 1   the lien provided under this section.
 2     Sec. 11. NEW SECTION.  579A.4  WAIVERS
 3   UNENFORCEABLE.
 4     A waiver of a right created by this chapter,
 5   including but not limited to, a waiver of the right to
 6   file a lien pursuant to this chapter is void and
 7   unenforceable.  This section does not affect other
 8   provisions of a contract, including a production
 9   contract or a related document, policy, or agreement
10   which can be given effect without the voided
11   provision.
12     Sec. 12. NEW SECTION.  579A.5  ALTERNATE LIEN
13   PROCEDURE.
14     A person who is a custom cattle feedlot operator
15   may file and enforce a lien as a contract producer
16   under this chapter or chapter 579B, but not both.
17     Sec. 13. NEW SECTION.  579B.1  DEFINITIONS.
18     As used in this chapter, unless the context
19   otherwise requires:
20     1.  "Commodity" means livestock, raw milk, or a
21   crop.
22     2.  "Contract crop field" means farmland where a
23   crop is produced according to a production contract
24   executed pursuant to section 579B.2 by a contract
25   producer who holds a legal interest in the farmland.
26     3.  "Contract livestock facility" means an animal
27   feeding operation as defined in section 455B.161, in
28   which livestock or raw milk is produced according to a
29   production contract executed pursuant to section
30   579B.2 by a contract producer who holds a legal
31   interest in the animal feeding operation.  "Contract
32   livestock facility" includes a confinement feeding
33   operation as defined in section 455B.161, an open
34   feedlot, or an area  which is used for the raising of
35   crops or other vegetation and upon which livestock is
36   fed for slaughter or is allowed to graze or feed.
37     4.  "Contract operation" means a contract livestock
38   facility or contract crop field.
39     5.  "Contract producer" means a person who holds a
40   legal interest in a contract operation and who

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