Senate File 502 S-5013 Amend Senate File 502 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause 2 and inserting: 3 < Section 1. NEW SECTION . 162.9 Commercial breeders 4 —— quality assurance council and certificate. 5 1. A quality assurance council is established 6 within the department. The council shall be composed 7 of one member appointed by the secretary of agriculture 8 who has an interest in the welfare of dogs and cats, 9 one member appointed by the Iowa voters for companion 10 animals, and one member appointed by the Iowa pet 11 breeders association. A member shall serve for a term 12 of two years, except the initial members shall serve 13 staggered terms as designated by the secretary of 14 agriculture. The members may elect a chairperson and 15 adopt rules of procedure. A member is not entitled to 16 receive a per diem as specified in section 7E.6 and is 17 not entitled to be reimbursed for actual or necessary 18 expenses incurred in the performance of the member’s 19 duties. 20 2. The council shall review applications submitted 21 by commercial breeders who seek to receive a quality 22 assurance certificate denoting the breeder as one of 23 the leading commercial breeders in this state. The 24 council shall award quality assurance certificates 25 to those applicants who have demonstrated a long 26 history of caring for dogs or cats in a manner that 27 consistently exceeds the standard of care required in 28 this chapter and the Animal Welfare Act. > 29 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 4 and 30 inserting < An Act relating to commercial establishments 31 keeping nonagricultural animals, by establishing a 32 quality assurance council and providing for a quality 33 assurance certificate awarded to selected commercial 34 breeders. > 35 -1- SF502.2654 (2) 86 da/nh 1/ 2 #1.