House File 522 - EnrolledAn Actproviding that a qualified confinement feeding operation
may utilize an anaerobic digester system to treat manure,
and making penalties applicable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
   Section 1.  Section 459.102, Code 2021, is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  “Anaerobic digester system” means
a manure storage structure that is covered, if the primary
function of the manure storage structure is to process manure
by employing environmental conditions including bacteria to
break down organic matter in the absence of oxygen, and is used
for producing, collecting, and utilizing a biogas.
   Sec. 2.  Section 459.206, subsection 2, Code 2021, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  A qualified confinement feeding operation
that processes manure using an anaerobic digester system.
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PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House
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JAKE CHAPMANPresident of the Senate
   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 522, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2021______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernor
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