House Study Bill 268 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            AGRICULTURE BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON MERTZ)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for an agricultural=biomanufacturing initiative
  2    and making an appropriation.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2820HC 82
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  266.17  AGRICULTURAL=
  1  2 BIOMANUFACTURING INITIATIVE.
  1  3    1.  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
  1  4 requires:
  1  5    a.  "Agricultural animal" means the same as defined in
  1  6 section 717A.1.
  1  7    b.  "Biomanufacturing" means the manufacturing of products
  1  8 derived from processing biomass as a substitute for petroleum,
  1  9 including but not limited to the production of renewable fuel
  1 10 and other high=value products and coproducts used in
  1 11 formulating rations fed to agricultural animals.
  1 12    c.  "Biomass" means organic material that is available on a
  1 13 renewable or recurring basis, including but not limited to
  1 14 crops; plants, including aquatic plants and grasses; residues;
  1 15 trees grown for energy production; wood waste and wood
  1 16 residues; fibers; animal wastes and other waste materials; and
  1 17 fats, oils, and greases including recycled fats, oils, and
  1 18 greases.
  1 19    d.  "Crop" means the same as defined in section 717A.1.
  1 20    e.  "Renewable fuel" means the same as defined in section
  1 21 214A.1.
  1 22    2.  a.  An agricultural=biomanufacturing initiative is
  1 23 created at Iowa state university.  The university shall
  1 24 provide a synergetic approach to carry out the following
  1 25 purposes:
  1 26    (1)  Conserve or enhance soil and water resources required
  1 27 for agricultural production and maximize the production of
  1 28 crops for animal agriculture and biomanufacturing.
  1 29    (2)  Develop and improve quality management processes used
  1 30 in biomanufacturing, including but not limited to improving
  1 31 efficiencies in the use of resources including feedstocks and
  1 32 water resources.
  1 33    b.  In carrying out the purpose of the
  1 34 agricultural=biomanufacturing initiative, the university may
  1 35 develop all of the following:
  2  1    (1)  Technologies and methods which simultaneously maximize
  2  2 the value of crops used as feedstock in biomanufacturing
  2  3 products and coproducts.
  2  4    (2)  Genetic characteristics in crops and agricultural
  2  5 animals which simultaneously maximize agricultural production
  2  6 and increase efficiencies in biomanufacturing products and
  2  7 coproducts.
  2  8    (3)  Agricultural practices and biomanufacturing processes
  2  9 which enhance Iowa's natural resources while ensuring that the
  2 10 state is competitively viable in both the production of
  2 11 agricultural animals and biomanufacturing.
  2 12    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  266.18  AGRICULTURAL=BIOMANUFACTURING
  2 13 INITIATIVE == STANDING LIMITED APPROPRIATION.
  2 14    1.  For the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2007, and
  2 15 ending June 30, 2012, there is appropriated annually from the
  2 16 general fund of the state to Iowa state university, ten
  2 17 million dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  2 18 support the agricultural=biomanufacturing initiative as
  2 19 provided in section 266.17.
  2 20    2.  The moneys appropriated in this section shall be used
  2 21 to provide resources for laboratory space, functions, and
  2 22 equipment, and to support the salaries of world=class research
  2 23 personnel.
  2 24                           EXPLANATION
  2 25    This bill creates an agricultural=biomanufacturing
  2 26 initiative at Iowa state university.  According to the bill,
  2 27 biomanufacturing is the manufacturing of products derived from
  2 28 the processing of biomass as a substitute for petroleum (such
  2 29 as biofuels including ethanol and biodiesel and coproducts).
  2 30 The bill requires the university to provide a synergetic
  2 31 approach to support the conservation of resources necessary
  2 32 for the production of crops for animal agriculture and
  2 33 biomanufacturing and develop and improve processes and
  2 34 products associated with biomanufacturing.  The bill
  2 35 appropriates $50 million ($10 million each year for five
  3  1 years) to Iowa state university to support the initiative, by
  3  2 providing resources for laboratory space, functions, and
  3  3 equipment, and to support the salaries of world=class research
  3  4 personnel.
  3  5 LSB 2820HC 82
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