Senate File 267 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  SENG

                                       (COMPANION TO LSB 2051HH
                                        BY WENTHE)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the taking of crops on land classified as a
  2    farm tenancy.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2051SS 83
  5 da/nh/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 562.5, Code 2009, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    562.5  TERMINATION OF FARM TENANCIES.
  1  4    In the case of a farm tenancy, the notice must fix the
  1  5 termination of the farm tenancy to take place on the first day
  1  6 of March, except in cases of a mere cropper, whose farm
  1  7 tenancy shall terminate when the crop is harvested and the
  1  8 aboveground part of the crop is taken as provided in section
  1  9 562.5A.  However, if the crop is corn, the termination shall
  1 10 not be later than the first day of December, unless otherwise
  1 11 agreed upon.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  562.5A  FARM TENANCY == RIGHT TO
  1 13 TAKE PART OF A HARVESTED CROP'S ABOVEGROUND PLANT.
  1 14    Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by a lessor and farm
  1 15 tenant, a farm tenant may take any part of the aboveground
  1 16 part of a plant associated with a crop, at the time of harvest
  1 17 or after the harvest, until the farm tenancy terminates as
  1 18 provided in this chapter.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill provides that a farm tenant may take the
  1 21 aboveground part of a plant associated with a crop, until the
  1 22 termination of the farm tenancy.  Currently, a farm tenancy at
  1 23 will terminates on March 1 following a landlord's notice,
  1 24 except in the case of a crop=share arrangement, which
  1 25 terminates when the crop is harvested but not later than
  1 26 December 1 for a corn crop.  The bill provides that a farm
  1 27 tenancy involving a crop=share arrangement must terminate by
  1 28 December 1 for all crops.
  1 29 LSB 2051SS 83
  1 30 da/nh/14