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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 455B.307B ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
1 2 SPECIALIST – POWERS.
1 3 1. The board of supervisors of each county may grant the
1 4 environmental health specialist of the county the power to
1 5 enforce the provisions of sections 455B.307A and 455B.363 and
1 6 local littering ordinances. If these powers are granted, the
1 7 powers shall be in addition to any other duties and
1 8 responsibilities assigned to the environmental health
1 9 specialist by the board of supervisors and the environmental
1 10 health specialist shall take an oath of office prescribed by
1 11 the board of supervisors. The environmental health specialist
1 12 may enter upon any public land in the county, excluding land
1 13 within the limits of cities, unless otherwise authorized by a
1 14 city, at any time for the performance of the environmental
1 15 health specialist's duties under this section, and may hire
1 16 the labor and equipment necessary subject to the approval of
1 17 the board of supervisors.
1 18 2. A person shall not willfully obstruct, resist, impede,
1 19 or interfere with a county environmental health specialist in
1 20 connection with the environmental health specialist's
1 21 enforcement of sections 455B.307A and 455B.363 and local
1 22 littering ordinances. A person shall not willfully retaliate
1 23 or discriminate in any manner against an environmental health
1 24 specialist as a reprisal for any act or omission of the
1 25 environmental health specialist. A person violating this
1 26 subsection is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
1 27 EXPLANATION
1 28 This bill relates to powers of environmental health
1 29 specialists.
1 30 The bill allows a county board of supervisors to grant a
1 31 county environmental health specialist the power to enforce
1 32 laws relating to the discarding of solid waste and littering,
1 33 as well as local littering ordinances. The bill provides that
1 34 these powers would be in addition to any other duties and
1 35 responsibilities assigned to the environmental health
2 1 specialist. The bill allows the environmental health
2 2 specialist to enter upon any public land in the county,
2 3 excluding land within the limits of cities, unless otherwise
2 4 authorized by a city, at any time for performance of the
2 5 environmental health specialist's duties under the bill.
2 6 The bill provides that a person shall not willfully
2 7 obstruct, resist, impede, or interfere with an environmental
2 8 health specialist in connection with the environmental health
2 9 specialist's enforcement of Code sections 455B.307A and
2 10 455B.363 and local littering ordinances. The bill provides
2 11 that a person shall not willfully retaliate or discriminate in
2 12 any manner against an environmental health specialist as a
2 13 reprisal for any act or omission of the environmental health
2 14 specialist. The bill provides that a person violating these
2 15 provisions is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
2 16 LSB 1989HV 80
2 17 tm/cf/24
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