HOUSE FILE 557

BY  COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 369)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to swine moved to and from exhibitions, and the duties of veterinarians, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 163.2, subsection 5, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  “Infectious or contagious disease” means glanders, farcy, maladie du coit (dourine), anthrax, foot and mouth disease, scabies, hog cholera, tuberculosis, brucellosis, vesicular exanthema, scrapie, rinderpest, avian influenza or Newcastle disease as provided in chapter 165B, pseudorabies as provided in chapter 166D, or any other transmissible, transferable, or communicable disease so designated by the department.
   Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  163.32  Exhibitions.
   1.  As used in this section,“exhibition” means an exhibit, demonstration, show, or competition involving swine which occurs as follows:
   a.  As part of an event on the Iowa state fairgrounds under the control of the Iowa state fair authority under chapter 173.
   b.  A fair event under the control of a fair under chapter 174.
   c.  An event classified as an exhibition by rules adopted by the department.
   2.  This section applies to swine which is moved from a premises to the location where an exhibition occurs.
   3.  The sponsor of an exhibition must retain a veterinarian licensed pursuant to chapter 169 to supervise the health of swine moved to the location of the exhibition. The veterinarian shall submit an exhibition report to the department on a form and according to procedures required by the department. The exhibition report must contain information required by the department which must at least include all of the following:
   a.  The name of the exhibition and the address of its location.
   b.  The name and address of the veterinarian.
   c.  The date that the exhibition occurred.
   d.  The name and address of the owner of the swine.
   e.  The address of the premises from which the swine was moved to the exhibition. The exhibition report must also include the address of the premises to which the swine was moved after the exhibition if such premises is a different premises.
   Sec. 3.  Section 166D.2, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  14A.  “Exhibition” means the same as defined in section 163.32.
   Sec. 4.  Section 166D.13, subsection 2, Code 2011, is amended by striking the subsection.
   Sec. 5.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect on January 1, 2012.
EXPLANATION
   This bill provides for the movement of swine from their premises to an exhibition and back to their original premises or to a new premises under Code chapter 163, subchapter III, which regulates the movement of swine to control infectious or contagious diseases. The Code chapter is administered and enforced by the department of agriculture and land stewardship. The bill provides that an exhibition occurs as part of the state fair or a county fair or other event designated by the department.
   The bill provides that the sponsor of the exhibition must retain a licensed veterinarian. The veterinarian must submit an exhibition report to the department. The exhibition report must contain information regarding the exhibition, the veterinarian, the owner of the swine, and the original and receiving premises.
   The bill amends a provision in Code chapter 166D which provides for the control, movement, and eradication of pseudorabies, a disease afflicting swine populations. The bill eliminates a provision that requires that swine returning from an exhibition to its premises or moved to a purchaser’s herd following an exhibition or consignment sale must be isolated and retested negative for the disease within 60 days after reaching its destination. 
   The bill takes effect January 1, 2012.