House
File
2470
-
Enrolled
House
File
2470
AN
ACT
ADOPTING
AND
IMPLEMENTING
THE
RECOMMENDATIONS
OF
THE
ARTISANAL
BUTCHERY
TASK
FORCE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
ARTISANAL
BUTCHERY
TASK
FORCE
——
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
FINAL
REPORT
RECOMMENDATIONS.
The
artisanal
butchery
task
force,
established
pursuant
to
2021
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
175,
section
2,
issued
its
final
report
to
the
general
assembly
on
December
30,
2021.
Adopting
the
recommendations
of
the
final
report,
all
of
the
following
shall
occur:
1.
a.
No
later
than
December
31,
2022,
the
department
of
education,
in
collaboration
with
the
state
board
of
education,
shall
establish
a
framework
for
a
one-year
community
college
certificate
program
for
artisanal
butchery
that
is
based
on
the
recommendations
in
the
artisanal
butchery
task
force
final
report,
and
the
department
shall
provide
the
framework
to
all
community
colleges
established
under
chapter
260C.
b.
A
community
college
established
under
chapter
260C
that
elects
to
establish
a
one-year
certificate
program
for
artisanal
butchery
shall
use
the
framework
provided
by
the
department
of
education
under
paragraph
“a”
as
the
minimum
requirements,
and
may
modify
the
curriculum
based
on
the
unique
circumstances
of
the
specific
community
college.
Pursuant
to
sections
258.3A,
258.4,
and
260C.14,
and
applicable
Iowa
administrative
rules,
the
community
college
shall
obtain
House
File
2470,
p.
2
approval
of
the
community
college’s
certificate
program
prior
to
implementation
of
the
program.
2.
a.
The
department
of
workforce
development,
in
collaboration
with
the
economic
development
authority,
shall
develop
and
maintain
a
library
of
resources
that
serves
as
a
single
resource
point
at
which
any
Iowa-based
business
involved
in
meat
processing
may
obtain
education
and
financial
assistance
information.
The
library
shall
include,
at
a
minimum,
information
on
all
of
the
following:
(1)
Short
courses
offered
at
the
meats
laboratory
at
Iowa
state
university
of
science
and
technology.
(2)
Registered
apprenticeships.
(3)
Summer
youth
internships.
(4)
Jobs
training
under
chapter
260F.
(5)
Establishing
an
in-house
apprenticeship
program.
(6)
How
to
access
training
programs.
(7)
Employee
development
opportunities.
(8)
Future
ready
Iowa
programs.
(9)
The
butchery
innovation
and
revitalization
grant
program.
(10)
The
choose
Iowa
marketing
and
promotion
grant
program.
b.
The
library
of
resources
shall
be
posted
on
the
department’s
internet
site,
in
a
manner
that
is
easily
accessible
to
the
public,
no
later
than
December
31,
2022.
3.
No
later
than
July
31,
2022,
and
notwithstanding
the
minimum
criteria
listed
in
section
84A.1B,
subsection
14,
paragraphs
“a”
through
“c”,
the
workforce
development
board
shall
add
butchery,
artisanal
butchery,
and
meat
processing
to
the
list
of
high-demand
jobs
for
the
purposes
listed
in
section
84A.1B,
subsection
14.
4.
a.
The
department
of
agriculture
and
land
stewardship
shall
collaborate
with
Iowa
state
university
extension
and
outreach
to
develop
and
maintain
a
direct-to-consumer
tool
kit
that
contains,
at
a
minimum,
the
information
detailed
in
the
artisanal
butchery
task
force’s
final
report.
The
direct-to-consumer
tool
kit
shall
be
posted
on
the
department’s
internet
site,
in
a
manner
that
is
easily
accessible
to
the
public,
no
later
than
December
31,
2022.
House
File
2470,
p.
3
b.
The
department
of
agriculture
and
land
stewardship
shall
develop
and
maintain
a
directory
of
meat
lockers
in
Iowa
that
provides
the
location
of,
and
the
contact
information
for,
each
meat
locker
in
the
directory.
The
directory
shall
be
posted
on
the
department’s
internet
site,
in
a
manner
that
is
easily
accessible
to
the
public,
no
later
than
December
31,
2022.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2470,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2022
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor