House Journal: Page 1231: Tuesday, April 22, 2003
13 "Sec. . EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed
14 of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment."
15 3. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
16 word "financing" the following: ", and providing an
17 effective date".
18 4. By renumbering as necessary.
The committee amendment H-1192 was adopted.
Hogg of Linn asked and received unanimous consent that
amendment H-1385 be deferred.
Kuhn of Floyd offered the following amendment H-1280 filed by
Kuhn, et al., and moved its adoption:
H-1280
1 Amend House File 358 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, by inserting after line 22 the
3 following:
4 "Sec. . Section 15E.202, subsection 7, Code
5 2003, is amended to read as follows:
6 7. "Biotechnology enterprise" means an enterprise
7 organized under the laws of this state using
8 biological systems or techniques for the development
9 of specialized plant or animal characteristics for
10 beneficial nutritional, commercial, or industrial
11 purposes, including but not limited for the purposes
12 of a life science enterprise as provided in section
13 10C.2.
14 Sec. . 15E.202, Code 2003, is amended by adding
15 the following new subsections:
16 NEW SUBSECTION. 7A. "Biotechnological system or
17 technique" means any scientific process, including but
18 not limited to a transgenic process, that involves
19 changing an organism's original genetic code or
20 modifying enzymes in living cells to cause a specific
21 biochemical reaction, other than by breeding or
22 pollination. For purposes of this subsection, a life
23 science product as provided in chapter 10C is produced
24 using a biotechnological system or technique.
25 NEW SUBSECTION. 16A. "Processing" means turning
26 an agricultural commodity into an agricultural
27 processed product by physical or chemical
28 modification, including but not limited to canning,
29 freezing, drying, dehydrating, cooking, pressing,
30 powdering, packaging, repacking, baking, heating,
31 mixing, grinding, churning, separating, extracting,
32 cutting, fermenting, eviscerating, preserving,
33 jarring, brewing, or slaughtering.
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