House Journal: Page 1907: Wednesday, April 26, 2000
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1 The general assembly declares that it is possible
2 that a few large companies may be able to control all
3 levels of the food chain, including production,
4 because these companies own the genetics needed to
5 participate in the food system of the future, and
6 finds this possibility to be a major threat to the
7 independence and profitability of Iowa's agricultural
8 producers. To ensure public ownership of plant
9 genetic material, all rights to the research products
10 developed by the Iowa state university of science and
11 technology's botany institute using state-appropriated
12 funds will be made available to the extent practicable
13 for commercialization, for the benefit of all Iowans,
14 including Iowa's agricultural producers, through a
15 public process which normally involves nonexclusive
16 licensing of genes and germplasm.
17 b. Agricultural experiment station
18 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
19 purposes, and for not more than the following full-
20 time equivalent positions:
21 $ 36,184,371
22 FTEs 546.98
23 From the funds appropriated in this lettered
24 paragraph, and notwithstanding chapter 124, at least
25 $20,000 shall be used by Iowa state university to
26 conduct research regarding the feasibility of
27 producing and marketing industrial hemp as a
28 profitable crop for Iowa producers, including but not
29 limited to production and harvesting practices. The
30 university shall cooperate with universities or
31 agencies in other states conducting similar research.
32 The university shall collaborate with agencies of the
33 United States government, including the drug
34 enforcement administration of the United States
35 department of justice, in order to produce and possess
36 industrial hemp according to the terms and conditions
37 required by the United States government.
38 c. Cooperative extension service in agriculture
39 and home economics
40 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
41 purposes, and for not more than the following full-
42 time equivalent positions:
43 $ 22,821,278
44 FTEs 430.91
45 From the funds appropriated in this lettered
46 paragraph, $150,000 shall be used for the food, fiber,
47 and environmental science program, and $1,066,000
48 shall be used for the value-added agricultural
49 projects as part of the extension 21 program.
50 The cooperative extension service in agriculture
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