H-1284

   Amend House File 1032 as follows:
   1.  By striking page 2, line 35, through page 3, line 22.
   2.  Page 3, line 33, by striking <15.414> and inserting <187.331>
   3.  Page 4, line 4, by striking <15.414> and inserting <187.331>
   4.  Page 4, after line 15 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  187.331  Local produce processing grant program.
   1.  As used in this section:
   a.  “Local produce” means fruits and vegetables grown in this state.
   b.  “Local produce processing” means the preparation of local produce for human consumption.
   2.  The department shall establish and administer the local produce processing grant program for the purpose of awarding grants to Iowa-based entities to increase the availability of local produce processing. In administering the program, the department shall prioritize grants to all of the following:
   a.  Iowa-based entities that will increase any of the following as it relates to local produce processing:
   (1)  Availability.
   (2)  Access.
   (3)  Efficiency.
   (4)  Capacity.
   b.  Iowa-based entities that process local produce from three or more Iowa farms.
   c.  A person participating in the choose Iowa promotional program under section 187.303.
   d.  Iowa-based entities whose local produce is sold or distributed to a grocery store eligible for the grocer reinvestment program under section 15.413.
   3.  An Iowa-based entity whose local produce processing includes local produce from three or more Iowa farms shall be eligible for a grant under the program in an amount that is two times the maximum grant amount set by the department for the value-added agricultural grant program under section 187.321.
   Sec. ___.  CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE.  The Code editor is directed to designate section 187.331, as enacted in this division of this Act, as part 4 of subchapter III, chapter 187, entitled “Local Produce Processing Grant Program”.>
   5.  By renumbering as necessary.

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INGELS of Fayette