House File 589 S-3203 Amend House File 589, as amended, passed, and 1 reprinted by the House, as follows: 2 1. Page 11, after line 3 by inserting: 3 < Sec. ___. Section 717B.1, Code 2011, is amended by 4 adding the following new subsections: 5 NEW SUBSECTION . 2A. “Animal shelter” means the 6 same as defined in section 162.2. 7 NEW SUBSECTION . 3A. “Commercial establishment” 8 means the same as defined in section 162.2. 9 NEW SUBSECTION . 3B. “Department” means the 10 department of agriculture and land stewardship. 11 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 717B.3B Investigative and 12 enforcement proceedings. 13 The department shall qualify animal shelters to 14 provide investigatory services under this section. 15 An inspection officer designated by the qualified 16 animal shelter shall be appointed by the department as 17 an animal warden under chapter 162. The inspection 18 officer may inspect the premises of a commercial 19 establishment upon the officer’s own information or 20 upon complaint to determine if there is a violation 21 of this chapter. If the inspection officer has 22 reasonable cause to believe a violation exists and 23 remains uncorrected more than thirty days after 24 a written notice of the violation, the inspection 25 officer shall file a report with the department and 26 the county attorney in the county where the commercial 27 establishment is located. The department, the attorney 28 general, the county attorney, or the qualified animal 29 shelter may bring an action in district court to 30 restrain the commercial establishment from continuing 31 the violation. A person who fails to comply with the 32 court’s order within ten days shall be subject to a 33 civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars. 34 Civil penalties collected under this section shall be 35 deposited in the general fund of the state. > 36 2. Title page, line 1, after < involving > by 37 inserting < the maintenance of animals and crops 38 including those maintained at commercial establishments 39 and > 40 3. By renumbering as necessary. 41 ______________________________ MATT McCOY -1- HF589.1749 (1) 84 da/rj 1/ 1 #1. #2. #3.