Amend House File 589, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows:
   1.  Page 11, after line 3 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 717B.1, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsections:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  “Animal shelter” means the same as defined in section 162.2.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  “Commercial establishment”means the same as defined in section 162.2.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3B.  “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship.
   Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  717B.3B  Investigative and enforcement proceedings.
   The department shall qualify animal shelters to provide investigatory services under this section. An inspection officer designated by the qualified animal shelter shall be appointed by the department as an animal warden under chapter 162. The inspection officer may inspect the premises of a commercial establishment upon the officer’s own information or upon complaint to determine if there is a violation of this chapter. If the inspection officer has reasonable cause to believe a violation exists and remains uncorrected more than thirty days after a written notice of the violation, the inspection officer shall file a report with the department and the county attorney in the county where the commercial establishment is located. The department, the attorney general, the county attorney, or the qualified animal shelter may bring an action in district court to restrain the commercial establishment from continuing the violation. A person who fails to comply with the court’s order within ten days shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars. Civil penalties collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.>
   2.  Title page, line 1, after<involving> by inserting <the maintenance of animals and crops including those maintained at commercial establishments and>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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MATT McCOY