266.44  Odor mitigation technologies and strategies — basic and applied research projects.
  1.  a.  Iowa state university of science and technology shall conduct basic or applied research projects to develop or advance technologies or strategies to accomplish the purposes provided in section 266.42.
  b.  The university shall evaluate technologies or strategies that have not been subject to comprehensive scientific scrutiny but which demonstrate promise to accomplish the purposes provided in section 266.42. The technologies and strategies may include but are not limited to the following:
  (1)  The adaption and use of modeling to locate livestock operations associated with keeping livestock in addition to swine, and to locate livestock operations utilizing odor mitigation devices, techniques, or strategies.
  (2)  The installation, maintenance, and use of odor mitigating devices, techniques, or strategies.
  (3)  The use of topical treatments applied to manure originating with livestock operations keeping chickens and turkeys.
  2.  Nothing in this section restricts the university from conducting its evaluation at livestock operations, including as provided in section 266.43. A livestock producer who is classified as a habitual violator pursuant to section 459.604 or a chronic violator pursuant to section 657.11 shall not participate in a basic or applied research project under this section unless the livestock producer contributes one hundred percent of the total costs of conducting the project.
2008 Acts, ch 1174, §5, 13

Implementation of §266.40 – 266.49 is contingent upon receipt of sufficient funds by Iowa state university; 2008 Acts, ch 1174, §13