SF 2358 (LSB 2051SV (2) 83)

SENATE FILE 2358

BY  COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 267)

(COMPANION TO HF 2380 BY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for the taking of crops on land classified as a farm tenancy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  562.5A  Farm tenancy —— right to take part of a harvested crop’s aboveground plant.  

   Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by a lessor and farm tenant, a farm tenant may take any part of the aboveground part of a plant associated with a crop, at the time of harvest or after the harvest, until the farm tenancy terminates as provided in this chapter.
EXPLANATION
   This bill provides that a farm tenant may take any part of the aboveground part of a harvested crop (e.g., stover) until the farm tenancy terminates, unless the parties to the lease provide otherwise in writing.