House File 758 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 435)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the regulation of commercial canine
  2    operations.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1990HV 81
  5 da/cf/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  COMMERCIAL CANINE OPERATIONS ADVISORY
  1  2 COMMITTEE.
  1  3    1.  A commercial canine operations advisory committee is
  1  4 established.  The committee shall be composed of nine voting
  1  5 members.
  1  6    a.  The governor shall appoint five members from a list of
  1  7 nominations submitted by the Iowa pet breeders association.
  1  8 The governor shall appoint two additional members who are
  1  9 knowledgeable about keeping and caring for canines.  The
  1 10 appointments shall comply with the bipartisan and gender
  1 11 balance provisions of sections 69.16 and 69.16A.
  1 12    b.  The director of the department of natural resources
  1 13 shall appoint two employees of the department who shall be
  1 14 knowledgeable about animal waste management.
  1 15    2.  The advisory committee shall elect a chairperson and
  1 16 meet according to rules adopted by the committee.  A majority
  1 17 of the members constitutes a quorum and an affirmative vote of
  1 18 a majority of members is necessary for substantive action
  1 19 taken by the committee.  A vacancy in the membership does not
  1 20 impair the right of a quorum to exercise all rights and
  1 21 perform all duties of the committee.
  1 22    3.  A member appointed by the governor is entitled to
  1 23 receive compensation for actual expenses incurred in the
  1 24 discharge of the member's duties on the advisory committee.  A
  1 25 member is not entitled to receive compensation as otherwise
  1 26 provided in section 7E.6.
  1 27    4.  The advisory committee shall advise the department of
  1 28 natural resources regarding the adoption of rules which
  1 29 regulate commercial canine operations and are necessary for
  1 30 the best management of animal excreta or other commonly
  1 31 associated wastes of animals, including, but not limited to,
  1 32 bedding, litter, or feed losses.  The rules shall include the
  1 33 regulation of the application of liquid and solid excreta or
  1 34 other commonly associated wastes of canines to land,
  1 35 composting, and landfill disposal.
  2  1    5.  The advisory committee is abolished on March 1, 2006.
  2  2                           EXPLANATION
  2  3    This bill establishes a commercial canine operations
  2  4 advisory committee.  Members of the committee include persons
  2  5 appointed by the governor from a list of nominations submitted
  2  6 by the Iowa pet breeders association.  The governor must
  2  7 appoint two additional public members and the director of the
  2  8 department of natural resources must also appoint two members
  2  9 who are departmental employees.  The committee is charged to
  2 10 advise the department about adopting rules which regulate the
  2 11 management of excreta and associated wastes.  The rules must
  2 12 include the regulation of the application of the excreta and
  2 13 associated waste to land, composting, and landfill disposal.
  2 14 The committee is abolished on March 1, 2006.
  2 15 LSB 1990HV 81
  2 16 da:rj/cf/24