House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
508
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
AGRICULTURE
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
353)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
certification
requirements
for
persons
1
actively
involved
in
the
operation
of
a
commercial
manure
2
service.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
459.315,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
A
person
required
to
be
certified
as
a
commercial
manure
3
service
representative
must
be
certified
by
the
department
4
each
year.
The
person
shall
be
certified
after
completing
5
an
educational
program
which
shall
consist
of
an
examination
6
required
to
be
passed
by
the
person
or
three
two
hours
of
7
continuing
instructional
courses
which
the
person
must
attend
8
each
year
in
lieu
of
passing
the
examination.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
BILL’S
PROVISIONS.
This
bill
reduces
from
three
to
two
13
the
number
of
hours
of
continuing
education
that
a
commercial
14
manure
service
representative
must
attend
in
lieu
of
passing
15
an
examination,
in
order
to
be
certified
by
the
department
of
16
natural
resources
(DNR).
The
continuing
education
hours
would
17
equal
the
number
of
hours
of
required
attendance
by
confinement
18
site
manure
applicators.
19
BACKGROUND.
The
provision
amended
by
the
bill
(Code
section
20
459.315)
is
part
of
the
“Animal
Agriculture
Compliance
Act”
21
(Code
section
459.101).
There
are
two
classes
of
persons
22
required
to
be
certified
in
order
to
manage
manure:
(1)
23
persons
associated
with
a
service
engaged
in
the
business
of
24
transporting,
handling,
storing,
or
applying
manure,
and
(2)
25
persons
involved
in
livestock
production
and
specifically
26
confinement
feeding
operations
who
are
engaged
in
the
27
application
of
manure
originating
from
their
operations
(see
28
Code
section
459.102
defining
a
“commercial
manure
service
29
representative”
and
“confinement
site
manure
applicator”).
30
In
both
cases,
the
person
must
either
pass
an
examination
or
31
annually
attend
a
designated
number
of
continuing
instruction
32
courses.
A
commercial
manure
service
representative
is
33
required
to
attend
three
hours
and
a
confinement
site
34
manure
applicator
is
required
to
attend
two
hours.
The
Iowa
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cooperative
extension
service
in
agriculture
and
home
economics
1
of
Iowa
state
university
of
science
and
technology
cooperates
2
in
administering
the
continuing
instruction
courses.
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