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Introduced
HOUSE
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BY
KUHN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
the
reestablishment
of
a
technical
1
advisory
committee
to
reevaluate
the
master
matrix
used
2
in
approving
sites
for
confinement
feeding
operations
and
3
including
effective
date
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
REESTABLISHMENT
OF
A
TECHNICAL
ADVISORY
1
COMMITTEE
REEVALUATION
OF
THE
MASTER
MATRIX.
2
A
technical
advisory
committee
is
created
to
reevaluate
3
the
master
matrix
as
provided
in
section
359.305
and
567
IAC
4
chapter
65,
appendix
C.
5
1.
The
committee
shall
be
composed
of
all
of
the
following:
6
a.
A
designee
of
the
secretary
of
agriculture.
7
b.
A
designee
of
the
director
of
the
department
of
natural
8
resources.
9
c.
A
designee
of
the
president
of
the
university
of
Iowa.
10
d.
A
designee
of
the
president
of
Iowa
state
university.
11
e.
A
representative
of
the
Iowa
environmental
council.
12
f.
A
representative
of
the
Iowa
state
association
of
13
counties.
14
g.
A
representative
of
the
Iowa
farm
bureau
federation.
15
h.
A
representative
of
the
Iowa’s
farmers
union.
16
i.
Two
representatives
of
organizations
representing
17
livestock
producers
who
shall
be
jointly
designated
to
the
18
department
of
natural
resources
by
the
Iowa
pork
producers
19
association,
the
Iowa
cattlemens’
association,
the
Iowa
dairy
20
products
association,
the
Iowa
poultry
association,
and
the
21
Iowa
turkey
federation.
22
2.
The
department
of
natural
resources
shall
provide
23
administrative
support
to
the
committee.
The
attorney
general
24
shall
appoint
an
assistant
attorney
general
to
provide
the
25
committee
with
legal
counsel
and
assistance.
26
3.
In
conducting
its
reevaluation,
the
committee
shall
only
27
consider
methods
to
better
further
the
purpose
of
the
master
28
matrix
as
specified
in
section
359.305,
subsection
1,
without
29
further
restriction,
including
any
restriction
contained
in
30
2002
Iowa
Acts,
ch.
1137,
§
62,
or
any
other
restriction
31
provided
in
section
359.305.
32
4.
The
committee
shall
prepare
a
report,
including
findings
33
and
recommendations.
The
report
may
also
include
proposed
34
legislation
and
proposed
revisions
to
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appendix
C.
The
department
on
behalf
of
the
committee
shall
1
submit
its
report
in
an
electronic
format
to
the
general
2
assembly
not
later
than
December
15,
2011.
3
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
4
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
5
EXPLANATION
6
In
2002,
the
general
assembly
enacted
S.F.
2293
(2002
7
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1137)
which
in
part
established
a
new
8
procedure
for
approving
or
disapproving
applications
for
the
9
construction
or
expansion
of
confinement
feeding
operations
10
by
the
department
of
natural
resources
in
cooperation
with
11
participating
county
boards
of
supervisors,
based
on
a
master
12
matrix
(Code
sections
459.304
and
459.305).
The
purpose
of
13
the
master
matrix
is
to
provide
a
comprehensive
assessment
14
mechanism
in
order
to
produce
a
statistically
verifiable
basis
15
for
determining
whether
to
approve
or
disapprove
an
application
16
(Code
section
359.305).
The
Act
established
a
10-member
17
technical
advisory
committee
to
recommend
matrix
categories,
18
criteria
within
the
categories,
and
the
point
values
assigned
19
to
the
criteria.
The
department
adopted
a
master
matrix
20
by
rule
(567
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chapter
65,
appendix
C).
The
committee’s
21
function
was
to
implement
the
statute.
22
This
bill
reestablishes
the
committee
and
provides
that
23
in
conducting
its
reevaluation,
it
shall
consider
methods
to
24
better
further
the
purpose
of
the
master
matrix
as
specified
25
in
Code
section
359.305,
subsection
1,
without
further
26
restriction,
including
any
restriction
contained
in
2002
Iowa
27
Acts,
chapter
1137,
§
62
or
Code
section
459.305
(e.g.,
no
28
deduction
of
points).
29
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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