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1 1 Amend House File 745 as follows:
1 2 #1. By striking page 1, line 1, through page 5,
1 3 line 31, and inserting the following:
1 4 "FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE
1 5 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 163.51 SECURITY MEASURES.
1 6 1. The department may establish security measures
1 7 in order to control outbreaks of foot and mouth
1 8 disease in this state, including by providing for the
1 9 prevention, suppression, and eradication of foot and
1 10 mouth disease. In administering and enforcing this
1 11 section, the department may adopt rules and shall
1 12 issue orders in a manner consistent with sound
1 13 veterinary principles and federal law for the control
1 14 of outbreaks of the disease. The department may
1 15 implement the security measures by doing any of the
1 16 following:
1 17 a. If the department determines that an animal is
1 18 infected with or exposed to foot and mouth disease, or
1 19 the department suspects that an animal is so infected
1 20 or exposed, the department may provide for all of the
1 21 following:
1 22 (1) The quarantine, condemnation, or destruction
1 23 of the animal. The department may establish
1 24 quarantined areas and regulate activities in the
1 25 quarantined areas, including movement or relocation of
1 26 animals or other property within, into, or from the
1 27 quarantined areas.
1 28 (2) The inspection or examination of the animal's
1 29 premises in order to perform an examination or test to
1 30 determine whether the animal is or was infected or
1 31 exposed or whether the premises is contaminated. The
1 32 department may take a blood or tissue sample of any
1 33 animal on the premises.
1 34 (3) The compelling of a person who is the owner or
1 35 custodian of the animal to provide information
1 36 regarding the movement or relocation of the animal or
1 37 the vaccination status of the animal or the herd where
1 38 the animal originates. The department may issue a
1 39 subpoena for relevant testimony or records as defined
1 40 in section 516E.1. In the case of a failure or
1 41 refusal of the person to provide testimony or records,
1 42 the district court upon application of the department
1 43 or the attorney general acting upon behalf of the
1 44 department, may order the person to show cause why the
1 45 person should not be held in contempt. The court may
1 46 order the person to provide testimony or produce the
1 47 record or be punished for contempt as if the person
1 48 refused to testify before the court or disobeyed a
1 49 subpoena issued by the court.
1 50 b. The department may provide for the cleaning and
2 1 disinfection of real or personal property, if the
2 2 department determines that the property is
2 3 contaminated with foot and mouth disease or suspects
2 4 that the property is contaminated with foot and mouth
2 5 disease.
2 6 2. The department shall immediately notify the
2 7 United States department of agriculture of a suspected
2 8 outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
2 9 3. The department shall cooperate with federal
2 10 agencies, including the United States department of
2 11 agriculture, other state agencies and law enforcement
2 12 entities, and agencies of other states. Other state
2 13 agencies and law enforcement entities shall assist the
2 14 department.
2 15 4. Nothing in this section limits the department's
2 16 authority to regulate animals or premises under other
2 17 provisions of state law, including this chapter."
2 18 #2. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2, and
2 19 inserting the following: "An Act regulating foot and
2 20 mouth disease and providing an".
2 21 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
2 22
2 23
2 24
2 25 COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
2 26 KLEMME of Plymouth, Chairperson
2 27 HF 745.302 79
2 28 da/cf
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