House Amendment 1056


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     1  1    Amend House File 642 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 6 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Sec.    .  Section 199.1, subsection 2, Code 2005,
     1  5 is amended to read as follows:
     1  6    2.  "Agricultural seed" means grass, forage,
     1  7 cereal, oil, fiber, and any other kind of crop seed
     1  8 commonly recognized within this state as agricultural
     1  9 seed, lawn seed, vegetable seed, or seed mixtures.
     1 10 Agricultural seed includes genetically engineered
     1 11 agricultural seed.  Agricultural seed may include any
     1 12 additional seed the secretary designates by rules.>
     1 13 #2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 8 the
     1 14 following:
     1 15    <NEW SUBSECTION.  6A.  "Genetically engineered
     1 16 agricultural seed" means agricultural seed that has
     1 17 been modified through the use of recombinant
     1 18 deoxyribonucleic acid technology.  "Genetically
     1 19 engineered agricultural seed" does not include
     1 20 agricultural seed that has been modified by
     1 21 traditional breeding, tissue culture, chemicals,
     1 22 irradiation, or other technique that does not modify
     1 23 the agricultural seed's recombinant deoxyribonucleic
     1 24 acid.>
     1 25 #3.  Page 2, by inserting after line 5, the
     1 26 following:
     1 27    <   .  Local legislation that preserves the
     1 28 identity of grain that is produced on farmland which
     1 29 is part of an agricultural area created pursuant to
     1 30 section 352.6 or which is subject to an agricultural
     1 31 land preservation ordinance adopted pursuant to
     1 32 section 335.27.  This includes local legislation that
     1 33 preserves the identity of grain that is produced from
     1 34 an organic seed under chapter 190C, agricultural seed
     1 35 that is not genetically engineered agricultural seed,
     1 36 or genetically engineered agricultural seed.>
     1 37 #4.  Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
     1 38 word <by> the following:  <providing for genetically
     1 39 engineered agricultural seed, and>.
     1 40 #5.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 44 KUHN of Floyd
     1 45 HF 642.702 81
     1 46 da/gg/1893
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