Senate File 632 - Enrolled Senate File 632 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR PROGRAMS AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO AGRICULTURE, INCLUDING CROP PRODUCTION, ANIMAL HEALTH, AND AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING, PROVIDING FOR POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP, PROVIDING FEES, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: DIVISION I CROP PRODUCTION PART A APPLICATION OF NUTRIENTS Section 1. Section 6A.21, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: b. (1) “Agricultural land” means real property owned by a person in tracts of ten acres or more and not laid off into lots of less than ten acres or divided by streets and alleys into parcels of less than ten acres, and that has been used for

Senate File 632, p. 2 the production of agricultural commodities during three out of the past five years. Such use of property includes , but is not limited to , the raising, harvesting, handling, drying, or storage of crops used for feed, food, seed, or fiber; the care or feeding of livestock; the handling or transportation of crops or livestock; the storage, treatment, or disposal of livestock manure; and the application of fertilizers, soil conditioners beneficial substances , pesticides, and herbicides on crops. Agricultural land (2) “Agricultural land” includes land on which is located farm residences or outbuildings used for agricultural purposes and land on which is located facilities, structures, or equipment for agricultural purposes. Agricultural land (3) “Agricultural land” includes land taken out of agricultural production for purposes of environmental protection or preservation. Sec. 2. Section 190C.22, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: b. A sworn statement by the state chemist bureau chief of the Iowa laboratory bureau or the state chemist’s bureau chief’s deputy stating the results of an analysis of a sample taken from a lot of agricultural products shall constitute prima facie evidence of the correctness of the analysis of that lot in a contested case proceeding or court proceeding. Sec. 3. Section 200.3, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 200.3 Definitions of words and terms . When As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires : 1. “Ammonium nitrate” means a compound that is chiefly composed of ammonium salt of nitric acid which contains not less than thirty-three percent nitrogen, one-half of which is in the ammonium form and one-half in the nitrate form. 2. The term “anhydrous ammonia” “Anhydrous ammonia” means the compound formed by the combination of two gaseous elements, nitrogen and hydrogen, in the proportion of one part nitrogen to three parts hydrogen by volume. 3. “Anhydrous ammonia plant” means a facility used for the manufacture or distribution of the compound formed by the

Senate File 632, p. 3 combination of two gaseous elements, nitrogen and hydrogen, in the proportion of one part nitrogen to three parts hydrogen by volume. 4. a. “Beneficial substance” means any substance or compound, other than primary, secondary, and microplant nutrients, that can be demonstrated by scientific research to be beneficial to one or more species of plants, soils, or media, including any of the following: (1) A plant amendment. (2) A plant biostimulant. (3) A plant inoculant. (4) A soil-amending ingredient. (5) A soil-amending ingredient form. (6) A soil amendment. (7) A soil inoculant. (8) Compost. b. “Beneficial substance” does not include a pesticide. 5. The term “brand” “Brand” means a term, design, or trademark used in connection with one or several grades of commercial fertilizer , product name, or other specific designation under which a individual beneficial substance or commercial fertilizer is offered for sale . 5. The term “bulk fertilizer” shall mean commercial fertilizer delivered to the purchaser in the solid, liquid, or gaseous state, in a nonpackaged form to which a label cannot be attached. 6. “Bulk” means in a nonpackaged form to which a label cannot be attached. 7. The term “commercial fertilizer” “Commercial fertilizer” includes fertilizer and fertilizer materials and fertilizer-pesticide mixtures. 8. “Compost” means a product manufactured through the controlled aerobic, biological decomposition of a biodegradable material if the product has undergone mesophilic and thermophilic temperatures that significantly reduce the viability of pathogens and weed seeds and stabilize carbon to the extent that the product is beneficial to plant growth. 7. 9. “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship.

Senate File 632, p. 4 10. “Distribute” means to import, consign, manufacture, produce, compound, mix, blend, or offer for sale, sell, barter, or otherwise supply a commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance in this state. 8. 11. The term “distributor” “Distributor” means any person who imports, consigns, manufactures, produces, compounds, mixes, or blends commercial fertilizer , or who offers for sale, sells, barters, or otherwise distributes , a commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance in this state. 9. 12. a. “Established date of operation” means the date on which an anhydrous ammonia plant commenced operating. b. If the physical facilities of the plant are subsequently expanded, the established date of operation for each expansion is deemed to be a separate and independent “established date of operation” established as of the date of commencement of the expanded operations. c. The commencement of expanded operations does not divest the plant of a previously established date of operation. 10. 13. “Established date of ownership” means the date of the recording of an appropriate instrument of title establishing the ownership of real estate. 11. 14. The term “fertilizer” “Fertilizer” means any substance containing one or more recognized plant nutrient which is nutrients used for its plant nutrient content and which is designed for use and claimed to have value in promoting plant growth except unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures or calcium and magnesium carbonate materials used primarily for correcting soil acidity. 12. 15. The term “fertilizer material” “Fertilizer material” means any substance used as a fertilizer or for compounding a fertilizer containing one or more of the recognized plant nutrients which are used for promoting plant growth or altering plant composition. 13. 16. The term “grade” “Grade” means the percentages of total nitrogen, available phosphorus or P 2 O 5 or both, and soluble potassium or K 2 O or both stated in whole numbers in same terms, order , and percentages as in the “guaranteed analysis” guaranteed analysis . 14. Guaranteed analysis:

Senate File 632, p. 5 17. a. (1) The term “guaranteed analysis” shall mean “Guaranteed analysis” means the minimum percentage of plant nutrients claimed and reported as Total Nitrogen (N), Available Phosphorus (P) or P 2 O 5 or both, Soluble Potassium (K) or K 2 O or both and in the following form: Total Nitrogen (N) ... percent Available Phosphorus (P) or P 2 O 5 or both ... percent Soluble Potassium (K) or K 2 O or both ... percent (2) Registration and guarantee of water soluble phosphorus (P) or (P 2 O 5 ) shall be permitted. b. The term “guaranteed analysis” “Guaranteed analysis” , in the form specified in paragraph “a” , includes all of the following : (1) (a) For unacidulated mineral phosphatic materials and basic slag, both total and available phosphorus or P 2 O 5 or both and the degree of fineness. (b) For bone tankage and other organic phosphatic materials, total phosphorus or P 2 O 5 or both. (2) When any additional plant nutrient elements contained in a beneficial substance as identified in subsection 10 of this section , are claimed in writing, they shall be identified in the guarantee, expressed as the element, and shall be subject to inspection and analysis in accordance with the methods and regulations that may be prescribed by the association of official agricultural chemists. 18. “Label” means the display of all written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container or statement accompanying a commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance. 19. “Labeling” means the advertising or promotion of any commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance including but not limited to any written, printed, graphic, or electronic communication used in promoting the sale of a commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance. 15. 20. “Licensee” means a person licensed under section 200.4 . 16. 21. “Nuisance” means public or private nuisance as defined by statute or by the common law. 17. 22. “Nuisance action or proceeding” means an action, claim or proceeding brought at law, in equity, or as an

Senate File 632, p. 6 administrative proceeding, which is based on nuisance. 18. 23. The term “official sample” “Official sample” means any sample of commercial fertilizer taken by the secretary or the secretary’s agent. 19. “Organic agricultural product” means the same as defined in section 190C.1 . 20. 24. “Owner” means the person holding record title to real estate, and includes both legal and equitable interest under recorded real estate contracts. 21. 25. The term “percent or percentage” “Percent” or “percentage” means the percentage by weight. 22. 26. The term “person” “Person” includes an individual, or a type of partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or association, firm, and corporation formed or organized to do business in this state or authorized to do or transact business in this state . 23. 27. The term “pesticide” as used in this chapter means “Pesticide” includes insecticides, miticides, nemacides, fungicides, herbicides , and any other substance used in pest control. 28. “Plant amendment” means any substance applied to a plant seed which is intended to improve growth, yield, product quality, reproduction, flavor, or other favorable characteristics of a plant except a fertilizer, soil amendment, agricultural liming material, animal manure, vegetable manure, pesticide, plant regulator, or other material which may be exempted by regulation. 29. “Plant biostimulant” means a substance, microorganism, or mixture thereof, that, when applied to a seed, plant, the rhizosphere, soil, or other growth media, acts to support a plant’s natural nutrition processes independently of the biostimulant’s nutrient content and improves nutrient availability, uptake, or use efficiency, tolerance to abiotic stress, and consequent growth, development, quality, or yield. 30. “Plant inoculant” means a product consisting of microorganisms to be applied to the plant or soil for the purpose of enhancing the availability or uptake of plant nutrients through the root system. 24. 31. “Secretary” means the secretary of agriculture.

Senate File 632, p. 7 25. 32. The term “sell” “Sell” or “sale” includes exchange. 26. 33. A “soil conditioner” is “Soil amendment” means any substance which when added to the soil or applied to plants will produce a favorable growth, yield or quality of crop or soil flora or fauna or other soil characteristics, other than or a mixture of substances which is intended to improve the physical, chemical, biochemical, biological, or other characteristic of the soil, except a fertilizer, recognized pesticide agricultural liming material , unmanipulated animal and manure, unmanipulated vegetable manures or calcium and magnesium carbonate materials used primarily for correcting soil acidity manure, pesticide, or any other material exempted by regulation . 34. “Soil inoculant” means a microbial product that is applied to colonize the soil to benefit the soil chemistry, biology, or structure. 35. “Soil-amending ingredient” means any substance which when applied to soil will improve the physical, chemical, biochemical, biological, or other characteristics of the soil. 36. “Soil-amending ingredient form” means the chemical compound, such as salt, chelate, oxide, or acid, of an ingredient or the physical form of an ingredient. 27. 37. A “specialty fertilizer” is “Specialty fertilizer” means a commercial fertilizer distributed primarily for nonfarm use, such as home gardens, lawns, shrubbery, flowers, golf courses, municipal parks, cemeteries, greenhouses , and nurseries , and may include commercial fertilizers used for research or experimental purposes. 28. 38. The term “ton” “Ton” means a net weight of two thousand pounds avoirdupois. 29. 39. a. The term “unmanipulated manures” “Unmanipulated manures” means any substances composed primarily of excreta, plant remains, or mixtures of such substances which have not been processed in any manner other than dewatering. b. “Unmanipulated manures” includes unmanipulated animal manure or unmanipulated vegetable manure. 30. Words importing the singular number may extend and be applied to several persons or things, and words importing the plural number may include the singular.

Senate File 632, p. 8 Sec. 4. Section 200.4, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 200.4 License —— fee and expiration —— mixture requirement . 1. Any person who manufactures, mixes, blends, mixes to customer’s order, offers for sale, sells, or distributes any fertilizer or soil conditioner beneficial substance in this state must first obtain a license issued by the secretary and pay a twenty dollar license fee for each place of manufacture or distribution from which fertilizer or soil conditioner beneficial substance products are sold or distributed in this state. The license shall expire on July 1 of the even-numbered year following the date the license is issued. A license may be renewed for a two-year period as provided by the department. 2. The licensee shall at all times produce an intimate and uniform mixture of fertilizers or soil conditioners beneficial substances . When two or more fertilizer materials are delivered in the same load, they shall be thoroughly and uniformly mixed unless they are in separate compartments. Sec. 5. Section 200.5, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 200.5 Registration. 1. Each brand and grade of commercial fertilizer and each soil conditioner beneficial substance shall be registered before being offered for sale, sold , or otherwise distributed in this state; except that a commercial fertilizer formulated according to special specifications furnished by a consumer to fill the consumer’s order shall not be required to be registered, but shall be labeled as provided in section 200.6, subsection 3 1, paragraph “c” . The application for registration shall be submitted to the secretary on forms furnished by the secretary and shall be accompanied by a label setting forth the guaranteed analysis which shall be the same as that appearing on the registered product. 2. All A registration will shall be permanent, provided, however, that the secretary may request a listing of products to be currently manufactured. The application shall include the following information in the following order: a. Net weight, if sold in packaged form. b. Name and address of the registrant.

Senate File 632, p. 9 c. Name of product. d. Brand. e. Grade , if the product contains a recognized plant food . f. Guaranteed analysis. 3. In addition to the information required in subsection 2 of this section , applications an application for the registration of soil conditioners a beneficial substance must include the name or chemical designation and percentage of content of each of the active ingredients. Each microbial organism ingredient must be identified with species and genus in colony-forming units per gram for a dry product or per milliliter for a liquid product. Another unit of quantity may be acceptable if an accurate and verifiable guarantee is presented. 4. The secretary is authorized , after public hearing, following due notice, to adopt rules under chapter 17A regulating the labeling and registration of specialty commercial fertilizers and other fertilizer products beneficial substances , when necessary in the secretary’s opinion. The secretary may require any reasonable information in addition to section 200.3, subsection 14 17 , which is necessary and useful to the purchasers of specialty fertilizers commercial fertilizers and beneficial substances of this state and to promote uniformity among states. 5. The secretary is authorized after public hearing, following due notice, to establish adopt rules under chapter 17A establishing minimum acceptable levels of trace and secondary elements components recognized as effective to aid crops produced in Iowa this state and to require such warning statements as may be deemed necessary to prevent injury to crops or for user safety . 6. The secretary, whenever the secretary deems it necessary in the administration of this chapter , may require the submission of additional data about any article, including a fertilizer , beneficial substance, or other product regulated under this chapter to support the claims made for it. If it appears to the secretary that the composition of the article is such as to warrant the claims made for it, and if the article, its labeling and other material required to be submitted,

Senate File 632, p. 10 comply with the requirements of this chapter , the secretary shall register the product. 7. If it does not appear to the secretary that the article is such as to warrant the proposed claims for it, or if the article and its labeling and other material required to be submitted does do not comply with the a provision of this chapter , the secretary shall notify the registrant of the manner in which the article, labeling, or other material required to be submitted fails to comply with this chapter so as to afford the registrant an opportunity to make the necessary corrections before resubmitting the label. 8. It shall be the responsibility of the registrant to submit satisfactory evidence of favorable effects and safety of the product. 9. The secretary shall establish minimum requirements for the registration of fertilizers and soil conditioners beneficial substances by efficacy testing or the substantiation of data relevant to Iowa this state’s crops and soils. 10. A distributor shall not be required to register any brand and grade of commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance which is already registered under this chapter by another person. 11. The advisory committee created in section 206.23 shall advise and assist the secretary on the registration of a product of commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner under the provisions of this chapter . Sec. 6. Section 200.6, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 200.6 Labeling. 1. a. Any commercial fertilizer offered for sale or sold or distributed in this state in bags , or other containers , shall have placed on or affixed to the container in legibly written or printed form, the information required by section 200.5 , subsection 2 ; , either on tags affixed to the end of the package or directly on the package. 2. b. If distributed in bulk, the a shipment of commercial fertilizer must be accompanied by a written or printed statement giving the purchaser’s name and address in addition to the labeling requirement set forth in section 200.5 ,

Senate File 632, p. 11 subsection 2 . 3. c. A commercial fertilizer formulated according to specifications which are furnished by a consumer prior to mixing shall be labeled to show the net weight, guaranteed analysis, and the name and address of the distributor and may show the net weight and guaranteed analysis of each of the fertilizer materials or soil conditioners used. It is the responsibility of the distributor to mix these materials uniformly and intimately so that when sampled in the prescribed manner the resulting analysis would meet the guarantee. 4. d. All bulk bins or intermediate storage of bulk commercial fertilizer where being offered for sale or distributed direct to the consumer shall be labeled showing brand, name , and grade of product. 5. e. All fertilizers distributed or stored in bulk, unless in the manufacturers authorized containers, shall be labeled as the responsibility of the possessor. 6. 2. Soil conditioners A beneficial substance shall be labeled in accordance with subsection 1 of this section and in addition shall show the name or chemical designation and content or the active ingredients. Sec. 7. Section 200.8, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 200.8 Inspection fees. 1. a. There shall be paid by the licensee to the secretary for all any commercial fertilizers and soil conditioners fertilizer or beneficial substance sold , or distributed in this state, an inspection fee to be fixed annually by the secretary of agriculture at not more than twenty cents per ton. Sales The sale of a commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance for manufacturing purposes only are hereby is exempted from fees an inspection fee but must still be reported showing the manufacturer who purchased same it . Payment of said the inspection fee by any licensee shall exempt all other persons, firms , or corporations from the payment thereof. b. On an individual packages package of specialty a commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance containing twenty-five pounds or less, there shall be paid by the manufacturer in lieu of the semiannual inspection fee as set

Senate File 632, p. 12 forth in this chapter , an annual registration and inspection fee of one hundred dollars for each brand and grade sold or distributed in the state. In the event that any manufacturer sells specialty a commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance in packages a package of twenty-five pounds or less and also in packages a package of more than twenty-five pounds, this annual registration and inspection fee shall apply only to that portion sold in packages a package of twenty-five pounds or less, and that portion sold in packages a package of more than twenty-five pounds shall be subject to the same inspection fee as fixed by the secretary of agriculture as provided in this chapter . c. Any person other than a manufacturer who annually offers for sale, sells, or distributes specialty fertilizer in the amount of four thousand pounds or more or applies specialty fertilizer for compensation shall pay an annual inspection fee of thirty dollars in lieu of the semiannual inspection fee as set forth in this chapter . 2. Every person who is a licensee and any person required to pay an annual registration and inspection fee under this chapter in this state shall do all of the following : a. File not later than the last day of January and July of each year, on forms furnished by the secretary, a semiannual statement setting forth the number of net tons of commercial fertilizer or soil conditioners beneficial substance distributed in this state by grade for each county during the preceding six-month period ; and upon . Upon filing such the semiannual statement , the person shall pay the inspection fee at the rate stated in subsection 1 . However, in lieu of the semiannual statement by grade for each county, on individual packages of specialty fertilizer containing twenty-five pounds or less of commercial fertilizer , the registrant shall file not later than the last day of July of each year, on forms furnished by the secretary, an annual statement setting forth the number of net tons of specialty commercial fertilizer distributed in this state by grade during the preceding twelve-month period. b. If the tonnage report is not filed or the payment of inspection fees, or both, is not made within ten days after

Senate File 632, p. 13 the last day of January and July of each year as required in paragraph “a” of this subsection , a penalty amounting to ten percent of the amount due, if any, shall be assessed against the licensee. In any case, the penalty shall be no less than fifty dollars. The amount of fees due, if any, and penalty shall constitute a debt and become the basis of a judgment against the licensee. 3. If there is an unencumbered balance of funds from the amount of the fees deposited in the general fund pursuant to sections 200.9 and 201A.11 on June 30 of any fiscal year equal to or exceeding three hundred fifty thousand dollars, the secretary of agriculture shall reduce the per ton fee provided for in subsection 1 and the annual license fee established pursuant to section 201A.3 for the next fiscal year in such amount as will result in an ending estimated balance of such funds for June 30 of the next fiscal year of three hundred fifty thousand dollars. 4. 3. In addition to the fees imposed under subsection 1 , a groundwater protection fee shall be imposed upon nitrogen-based fertilizer. The fee shall be based upon the percentage of actual nitrogen contained in the product. An eighty-two percent nitrogen solution shall be taxed at a rate of seventy-five cents per ton. Other nitrogen-based product formulations shall be taxed on the percentage of actual nitrogen contained in the formulations with the eighty-two percent nitrogen solution serving as the base. The fee shall be paid by each licensee registering to sell fertilizer to the secretary of agriculture. The fees collected shall be deposited in the agriculture management account of the groundwater protection fund. The secretary of agriculture shall adopt rules for the payment, filing, and collection of groundwater protection fees from licensees in conjunction with the collection of registration and inspection fees. The secretary shall, by rule, allow an exemption to the payment of this fee for fertilizers which contain trace amounts of nitrogen. Sec. 8. Section 200.10, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 200.10 Inspection, sampling, and analysis.

Senate File 632, p. 14 1. It shall be the duty of the secretary, who may act through an authorized agent, to sample, inspect, make analysis of, and test commercial fertilizers or soil conditioners beneficial substances distributed within this state at time and place and to such an extent as the secretary may deem necessary, to determine whether such commercial fertilizers and soil conditioners or beneficial substances are in compliance with the provisions of this chapter . In the performance of the foregoing duty, the secretary shall counsel may consult with the director of the Iowa agricultural experimental station in respect to the time, place , and extent of sampling. The secretary acting individually or through an agent is authorized to enter upon any public or private premises or conveyances during regular business hours in order to have access to a commercial fertilizers fertilizer or soil conditioners beneficial substance subject to the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations pertaining thereto including in rules adopted by the department under this chapter . It shall be the duty of the The secretary to shall maintain a laboratory with the necessary equipment and to employ such employees as may be necessary to aid assist in the administration and enforcement of this chapter . 2. a. The methods of sampling and analysis shall be the official methods of the association of official agricultural chemists in all cases where methods have been adopted by the association. b. The findings of the state chemist or the state chemist’s bureau chief of the Iowa laboratory bureau, or the bureau chief’s deputy, as shown by the sworn statement of the results of analysis of official samples of any brand and grade of commercial fertilizer, fertilizer material , or soil conditioner beneficial substance , shall constitute prima facie evidence of their its correctness in the courts of this state, as to the particular lots sampled and analyzed. 3. The secretary, in determining for administrative purposes whether any commercial fertilizer is deficient in plant food, or soil conditioner beneficial substance deficient in guaranteed active ingredients, shall be guided by the official sample as defined in section 200.3, subsection 18 23 ,

Senate File 632, p. 15 and obtained and analyzed as provided for in subsection 2 of this section . 4. The results of official analysis of any commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner beneficial substance which has been found to be in violation of any provision of this chapter , shall be forwarded by the secretary to the registrant. Upon request, the secretary shall furnish to the registrant a portion of any sample. Sec. 9. Section 200.11, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 200.11 Filler material Item that is injurious or filler . It shall be unlawful for any person to A person shall not manufacture, offer for sale , or sell in this state, any commercial fertilizer , or soil conditioner beneficial substance containing any substance used as a filler item that is injurious to crop growth or deleterious to the soil, or to use in such commercial fertilizer , or soil conditioner beneficial substance as a filler any substance item that contains inert or useless plant food material for the purpose or with the effect of deceiving or defrauding the purchaser. Sec. 10. Section 200.12, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 200.12 False or misleading statements. A commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner beneficial substance is misbranded if it does not identify substances items promoting plant growth as defined in section 200.3, subsection 11 , or if it carries any false or misleading statement upon or attached to the container or stated on the invoice or delivery ticket, or if the container or on the invoice or delivery ticket or in any advertising matter whatsoever connected with, accompanying , or associated with the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner beneficial substance . Further, the burden of proof of the desirable effect of the product commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance on plant growth shall be the responsibility of the registrant. Sec. 11. Section 200.14, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 200.14 Rules. 1. a. The department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter

Senate File 632, p. 16 17A providing minimum general safety standards for the design, construction, location, installation, and operation of equipment for storage, handling, transportation by tank truck or tank trailer, and utilization of fertilizers and soil conditioners a fertilizer or beneficial substance . b. The rules shall be such as are reasonably necessary for the protection and safety of the public and persons using fertilizers or soil conditioners a fertilizer or beneficial substance , and shall be in substantial conformity with the generally accepted standards of safety. c. Fertilizer and soil conditioner or beneficial substance equipment shall be installed and maintained in a safe operating condition and in conformity with rules adopted by the department. 2. The department may adopt such reasonable rules as may be necessary in order to carry into effect the purpose, and to secure the efficient administration, of this chapter . 3. This chapter does not prohibit the use of storage tanks smaller than transporting tanks nor the transfer of all kinds any kind of fertilizers fertilizer or soil conditioners beneficial substance directly from transporting tanks to implements of husbandry, if proper safety precautions are observed. 4. Rules adopted to implement this chapter are not subject to section 17A.7, subsection 2 or 3 . Sec. 12. Section 200.15, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 200.15 Refusal to register or cancellation of registration and licenses. 1. Upon satisfactory evidence that the registrant or licensee has used fraudulent or deceptive practices or has willfully violated any provisions of this chapter or any rules and regulations promulgated adopted under this chapter , the secretary is authorized and empowered to do any of the following: a. Cancel the registration of any product of commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner beneficial substance or license. b. Refuse to register any product of commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner beneficial substance .

Senate File 632, p. 17 c. Refuse to license any applicant. 2. However, a A registration or license shall not be revoked or refused until the registrant or licensee has been given the opportunity to appear for a hearing by the secretary. Sec. 13. Section 200.16, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 200.16 “Stop sale” orders. The secretary may issue and enforce a written or printed “stop sale, use or removal” order to the owner or custodian of any lot of commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner beneficial substance , if the secretary finds the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner beneficial substance is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or including any of the rules and regulations promulgated rule adopted under this chapter . The secretary may hold the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner beneficial substance at a designated place until the law has been complied with and the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner beneficial substance is released in writing by the secretary, or the violation has been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority, and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the withdrawal have been paid. Sec. 14. Section 200.17, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 200.17 Seizure, condemnation, and sale. Any lot of commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner beneficial substance not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the secretary to a court of competent jurisdiction in the county or adjoining county in which the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner beneficial substance is located. In the event the court finds the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner beneficial substance to be in violation of this chapter and orders or an order for the condemnation of the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner beneficial substance , it the commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance shall be disposed of in any manner consistent with the quality of the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner beneficial substance and the laws of the state. However, in no instance shall the