House Amendment 8563


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     1  1    Amend House File 2692 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, line 1, by striking the words and
     1  3 figures <subsection 4, Code 2007, is> and inserting
     1  4 the following:  <subsections 4, 11, and 17, Code 2007,
     1  5 are>.
     1  6 #2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 11 the
     1  7 following:
     1  8    <11.  "Commercial manure service" means a sole
     1  9 proprietor or business association as defined in
     1 10 section 202B.102, engaged in the business of
     1 11 transporting, handling, storing, or applying manure
     1 12 for a fee. compensation, but does not include a person
     1 13 who only receives compensation for the manure
     1 14 originating from that person's own animal feeding
     1 15 operation or for applying manure originating from that
     1 16 person's own animal feeding operation.
     1 17    17.  a.  "Confinement site manure applicator" means
     1 18 a person, other than a commercial manure service or a
     1 19 commercial manure service representative, who
     1 20 transports, handles, or applies manure on to land if
     1 21 the manure originates from a manure storage
     1 22 confinement feeding operation structure.
     1 23    b.  "Confinement site manure applicator" includes a
     1 24 person who conducts any activity involved in
     1 25 transferring manure from a confinement feeding
     1 26 operation structure to its application on land but
     1 27 does not include a person who only transfers manure
     1 28 within a confinement feeding operation structure,
     1 29 transfers manure in an exclusively dry form to or from
     1 30 a confinement feeding operation structure at a
     1 31 confinement feeding operation, or transfers manure
     1 32 inside permanent piping between confinement feeding
     1 33 operation structures.>
     1 34 #3.  Page 1, by inserting after line 13 the
     1 35 following:
     1 36    <NEW SUBSECTION.  8A.  "Business day" means a
     1 37 calendar day except Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday
     1 38 specified in section 1C.2.>
     1 39 #4.  Page 3, by inserting after line 12 the
     1 40 following:
     1 41    <Sec.    .  Section 459.315, subsection 2, Code
     1 42 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     1 43    2.  a.  A person required to be certified as a
     1 44 commercial manure service representative must be
     1 45 certified by the department each year.  The
     1 46 certification expires on March 1 of each year.  The
     1 47 person shall be certified after completing an
     1 48 educational program which shall consist of an any of
     1 49 the following:
     1 50    (1)  An examination required to be passed by the
     2  1 person or three.
     2  2    (2)  At least two hours of continuing instructional
     2  3 courses which the person must attend each year in lieu
     2  4 of passing the examination.  However, the department
     2  5 may require that the person attend up to one
     2  6 additional hour of continuing instructional courses
     2  7 each year.
     2  8    b.  A person required to be certified as a
     2  9 confinement site manure applicator must be certified
     2 10 by the department every three years each year.
     2 11 However, if the person is exempt from paying the
     2 12 certification fee because a family member has paid a
     2 13 certification fee as provided in section 459.400, the
     2 14 person's certification shall expire on the same date
     2 15 that the paid family member's certification expires.
     2 16 A  The certification expires on March 1 of each year.
     2 17 The person shall be certified after completing an
     2 18 educational program which shall consist of an any of
     2 19 the following:
     2 20    (1)  An examination required to be passed by the
     2 21 person or two.
     2 22    (2)  At least two hours of continuing instructional
     2 23 courses which the person must attend each year in lieu
     2 24 of passing the examination.
     2 25    Sec.    .  Section 459.315, subsection 5, paragraph
     2 26 a, subparagraph (2), subparagraph subdivision (a),
     2 27 Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     2 28    (a)  The person completes and submits a form as
     2 29 required by the department documenting that the person
     2 30 is actively seeking certification under this section.
     2 31    Sec.    .  Section 459.315, subsection 5, paragraph
     2 32 b, subparagraph (2), subparagraph subdivision (b),
     2 33 Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     2 34    (b)  In sight or hearing immediate communication
     2 35 distance of the supervised person.
     2 36    Sec.    .  Section 459.315, subsection 5, Code
     2 37 2007, is amended by adding the following new
     2 38 paragraph:
     2 39    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  This subsection shall not be
     2 40 construed to exempt a person from being required to be
     2 41 certified as a confinement site manure applicator
     2 42 merely because the person is not required to be
     2 43 certified as a commercial manure service
     2 44 representative.
     2 45    Sec.    .  Section 459.400, subsection 1, paragraph
     2 46 d, subparagraph (2), subparagraph subdivision (a),
     2 47 Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     2 48    (a)  The person is certified within one year from
     2 49 the date that a A family member has been certified as
     2 50 a confinement site manure applicator.>
     3  1 #5.  Page 4, by inserting after line 34 the
     3  2 following:
     3  3    <Sec.    .  CURRENT CERTIFICATIONS.
     3  4    1.  The provisions of this Act shall not affect the
     3  5 duration of a three=year certification issued by the
     3  6 department of natural resources to a person as a
     3  7 confinement site manure applicator pursuant to section
     3  8 459.315 prior to the effective date of this Act, if
     3  9 all of the following apply:
     3 10    a.  The certification is valid on the date
     3 11 immediately prior to the effective date of this Act.
     3 12    b.  The person complies with the applicable
     3 13 requirements provided in chapter 459, including
     3 14 section 459.315 as amended by this Act.
     3 15    2.  The person's three=year certification shall
     3 16 remain valid regardless of whether the person paid a
     3 17 certification fee or was exempt from paying the
     3 18 certification fee as provided in sections 459.315 and
     3 19 459.400, as those sections existed on the date
     3 20 immediately prior to the effective date of this Act.
     3 21    3.  At the end of the duration of the person's
     3 22 certification as a confinement site manure applicator
     3 23 as provided in section 459.315 as that section existed
     3 24 on the date immediately prior to the effective date of
     3 25 this Act, the person's certification shall expire and
     3 26 the person shall only be certified as a confinement
     3 27 site manure applicator on an annual basis as provided
     3 28 in section 459.315, as amended by this Act.
     3 29    4.  The department may adopt rules as necessary to
     3 30 implement this section.>
     3 31 #6.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
     3 32 words <and the> the following:  <management and>.
     3 33 #7.  By renumbering as necessary.
     3 34
     3 35
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     3 37 COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
     3 38 MERTZ of Kossuth, Chairperson
     3 39 HF 2692.701 82
     3 40 da/nh/11595

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