Senate Study Bill 1111 SENATE/HOUSE FILE BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP BILL) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the administration of the department of 2 agriculture and land stewardship, by providing for its powers 3 and duties. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1222DP 81 6 da/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 DIVISION I 1 2 IOWA BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE == 1 3 ELIMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT 1 4 Section 1. Section 169.5, subsection 7, unnumbered 1 5 paragraph 3, Code 2005, is amended by striking the unnumbered 1 6 paragraph. 1 7 DIVISION II 1 8 PESTICIDE ACT OF IOWA 1 9 Sec. 2. Section 206.21, subsection 2, Code 2005, is 1 10 amended to read as follows: 1 11 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions and the 1 12 requirements of this chapter and the rulesmadeadopted and 1 13 notices given pursuanttheretoto this chapter, the secretary 1 14 or the secretary's authorized agents, inspectors, or employees 1 15 may enter into or upon any place during reasonable business 1 16 hours in order to examine pesticide use or take periodic 1 17 random samples for chemical examinations of pesticides and 1 18 devices and to open any bundle, package or other container 1 19 containing or believed to contain a pesticide in order to 1 20 determine whether the pesticide or device complies with the 1 21 requirements of this chapter. Methods of analysis shall be 1 22 those currently used by theAssociationassociation of 1 23Official Agricultural Chemistsofficial agricultural chemists. 1 24 DIVISION III 1 25 MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL DEALERS == ELIMINATION OF 1 26 VOLUNTARY SAMPLING PROCEDURE AND FEE 1 27 Sec. 3. Section 214A.6, Code 2005, is repealed. 1 28 EXPLANATION 1 29 IOWA BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE == ELIMINATION OF 1 30 REPORTING REQUIREMENT. This division amends a provision in 1 31 Code chapter 169, the Iowa veterinary practice Act. The Code 1 32 chapter is administered by the Iowa board of veterinary 1 33 medicine within the department of agriculture and land 1 34 stewardship. The division provides that the president and 1 35 secretary of the board must submit a report to the governor 2 1 involving the board's transactions, including financial 2 2 information. The division eliminates that requirement. 2 3 PESTICIDE ACT OF IOWA. This division amends Code chapter 2 4 206 which provides for the regulation of pesticides. Code 2 5 section 206.21 provides that the department may enter onto a 2 6 person's premises in order to take samples of chemicals for 2 7 testing in order to ensure compliance with the provisions of 2 8 this chapter. The division provides that the department may 2 9 also examine pesticide use on the premises. 2 10 MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL DEALERS == ELIMINATION OF VOLUNTARY 2 11 SAMPLING PROCEDURE AND FEE. This division amends Code chapter 2 12 214A regulating dealers of motor vehicle fuel on a wholesale 2 13 or retail basis. The Code chapter provision currently allows 2 14 a dealer to submit a motor vehicle fuel sample or oxygenate 2 15 octane enhancer (alcohol) to the department of agriculture and 2 16 land stewardship for testing. It prescribes procedures for 2 17 taking a test sample and delivering it to the department. The 2 18 dealer must also submit a statement made under oath by a 2 19 "reputable" witness and a $2 fee to the department. The 2 20 division repeals that provision. 2 21 LSB 1222DP 81 2 22 da:rj/sh/8.1