An indemnity fee shall be assessed upon permittees which shall be paid to and collected by the department of natural resources, prior to issuing a permit for the construction of a confinement feeding operation as provided in section 455B.173. The amount of the fees shall be based on the following:
1. If the confinement feeding operation has an animal weight capacity of less than six hundred twenty-five thousand pounds, the following shall apply:
a. For all animals other than poultry, the amount of the fee shall be five cents per animal unit of capacity for confinement feeding operations.
b. For poultry, the amount of the fee shall be two cents per animal unit of capacity for confinement feeding operations.
2. If the confinement feeding operation has an animal weight capacity of six hundred twenty-five thousand or more pounds but less than one million two hundred fifty thousand pounds, the following shall apply:
a. For all animals other than poultry, the amount of the fee shall be seven and one-half cents per animal unit of capacity for confinement feeding operations.
b. For poultry, the amount of the fee shall be three cents per animal unit of capacity for confinement feeding operations.
3. If the confinement feeding operation has an animal weight capacity of one million two hundred fifty thousand or more pounds, the following shall apply:
a. For all animals other than poultry, the amount of the fee shall be ten cents per animal unit of capacity for confinement feeding operations.
b. For poultry, the amount of the fee shall be four cents per animal unit of capacity for confinement feeding operations.
The department of natural resources shall deposit moneys collected from the fees into the fund according to procedures adopted by the department of agriculture and land stewardship.
95 Acts, ch 195, §6
Referred to in § 204.1, 204.2, 455B.173
Applicability of indemnity fees to prior permittees; notice; penalty; collection; 95 Acts, ch 195, § 38
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