HF 329 (LSB 2112YH (2) 90)

HOUSE FILE 329

BY  SHIPLEY

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the possession of egg-laying hens.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 331.301, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  22.  A county shall not adopt an ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment, or use any other means, that establishes, intentionally or effectively, a maximum limit of egg-laying hens allowed on a property that is less than three egg-laying hens per resident of the property. This subsection does not prohibit the lessor of a property from limiting the number of egg-laying hens a lessee has on the property.
    Sec. 2.  Section 364.3, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  18.  A city shall not adopt an ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment, or use any other means, that establishes, intentionally or effectively, a maximum limit of egg-laying hens allowed on a property that is less than three egg-laying hens per resident of the property. This subsection does not prohibit the lessor of a property from limiting the number of egg-laying hens a lessee has on the property.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the possession of egg-laying hens. The bill prohibits a county or city from adopting an ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment, or using any other means, that establishes, intentionally or effectively, a maximum limit of egg-laying hens allowed on a property that is less than three egg-laying hens per resident of the property. The bill does not prohibit the lessor of a property from limiting the number of egg-laying hens a lessee has on the property.