House File 624 - Reprinted



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 328)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the regulation of livestock moved into this
  2    state, including by requiring certain certificates and making
  3    penalties applicable.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1225HV 81
  6 da/pj/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  163.14A  CERTIFICATE OF DRUG
  1  2 TREATMENT.
  1  3    A person shall not move livestock into this state from a
  1  4 foreign country if the livestock has been treated with any
  1  5 drug required to be approved by the United States food and
  1  6 drug administration for treating livestock in this country,
  1  7 and the United States food and drug administration has not
  1  8 approved that drug.  The person moving livestock into this
  1  9 state from a foreign country shall keep a certificate of
  1 10 treatment stating that the livestock has not been treated with
  1 11 the drug.  The certificate shall be signed by the livestock's
  1 12 owner or agent, which may be a veterinarian responsible for
  1 13 the health of the livestock.  A copy of the certificate shall
  1 14 be attached to the waybill accompanying a shipment or as part
  1 15 of the standard form of a transportation certificate or
  1 16 another shipping document as provided in section 172B.3.
  1 17 HF 624
  1 18 da:nh/es/25