Senate File 2363 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3258)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act regulating some livestock markets as animal feeding
  2    operations.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6532SV 82
  5 da/rj/24

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 459.102, subsection 4, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    4.  "Animal feeding operation" means a lot, yard, corral,
  1  4 building, or other area in which animals are confined and fed
  1  5 and maintained for forty=five days or more in any twelve=month
  1  6 period, and all structures used for the storage of manure from
  1  7 animals in the operation.  An Except as required for a
  1  8 national pollutant discharge elimination system permit
  1  9 required pursuant to the federal Water Pollution Control Act,
  1 10 33 U.S.C. ch. 26, as amended, an animal feeding operation does
  1 11 not include a livestock market.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill amends Code chapter 459 which regulates an animal
  1 14 feeding operation which is an area or building in which
  1 15 animals are confined for at least 45 days in any 12=month
  1 16 period.  Code section 459.102 defines an animal feeding
  1 17 operation to exclude a livestock market where animals are
  1 18 assembled for public auction, private sale, or sale by
  1 19 commission.  The bill provides that an animal feeding
  1 20 operation includes a livestock market if required by a
  1 21 national pollutant discharge elimination system permit
  1 22 pursuant to the federal Water Pollution Control Act.
  1 23 LSB 6532SV 82
  1 24 da/rj/24