House
File
568
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Enrolled
House
File
568
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
PARI-MUTUEL
WAGERING,
INCLUDING
HORSE
AND
DOG
RACING
MEDICATION
REQUIREMENTS
AND
THE
APPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
SETOFF
PROCEDURES
TO
ADVANCE
DEPOSIT
WAGERING
OPERATORS
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
99D.25,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
b.
“Numbing”
means
the
applying
of
ice
or
a
freezing
device
or
substance
to
the
limbs
of
a
horse
or
dog
within
two
hours
before
the
start
of
a
race,
or
a
surgical
or
other
procedure
which
was,
at
any
time,
performed
in
which
the
nerves
of
a
horse
or
dog
were
severed,
destroyed,
injected,
or
removed.
House
File
568,
p.
2
For
purposes
of
this
paragraph,
ice
is
not
a
freezing
device
or
substance.
Sec.
2.
Section
99D.25A,
subsections
2
and
7,
Code
2017,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
Phenylbutazone
shall
not
may
be
administered
to
a
horse
in
dosages
which
would
result
in
concentrations
of
more
than
five
micrograms
of
the
substance
or
its
metabolites
per
milliliter
of
blood
dosage
amounts
as
set
by
rule
by
the
commission
.
In
races
recognized
as
graded
stakes
thoroughbred
races,
the
commission
may
establish
restrictions
on
dosage
amounts
for
phenylbutazone
which
would
result
in
concentrations
of
less
than
five
micrograms
of
the
substance
or
its
metabolites
per
milliliter
of
blood.
7.
A
horse
entered
to
race
with
furosemide
must
be
treated
at
least
four
hours
prior
to
post
time.
The
furosemide
shall
be
administered
intravenously
by
a
veterinarian
employed
by
the
owner
or
trainer
of
the
horse
issued
a
current
occupational
license
by
the
commission
.
The
commission
shall
adopt
rules
to
ensure
that
furosemide
is
administered
as
provided
in
this
section
.
The
commission
shall
require
that
the
practicing
veterinarian
deliver
an
affidavit
signed
by
the
veterinarian
which
certifies
information
regarding
the
treatment
of
the
horse.
The
affidavit
must
be
delivered
to
a
commission
veterinarian
within
twenty
minutes
following
the
treatment.
The
statement
affidavit
must
at
least
include
the
name
of
the
practicing
veterinarian,
the
tattoo
number
of
the
horse,
the
location
of
the
barn
and
stall
where
the
treatment
occurred,
the
race
number
of
the
horse,
the
name
of
the
trainer,
and
the
time
that
the
furosemide
was
administered.
Furosemide
shall
only
be
administered
in
a
dose
level
of
no
less
than
one
hundred
fifty
milligrams
and
no
more
than
five
hundred
milligrams.
Sec.
3.
Section
99D.28,
Code
2017,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“licensee”
shall
also
include
an
advance
deposit
wagering
operator.
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
The
following
provision
or
provisions
of
this
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
take
effect
upon
enactment:
House
File
568,
p.
3
1.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
99D.25.
2.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
99D.25A.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
568,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor