LAWS OF THE 2001 REGULAR SESSION
OF THE SEVENTY-NINTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA

CHAPTER 129

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP — MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES

S.F. 211   Bill History

AN ACT relating to the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship.

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

Section 1. Section 7A.3, subsection 3, Code 2001, is amended by striking the subsection.

Sec. 2. Section 99D.22, subsection 1, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:

1. A licensee shall hold at least one race on each racing day limited to Iowa-foaled horses or Iowa-whelped dogs as defined by the department of agriculture and land stewardship using standards consistent with this section. However, if sufficient competition cannot be had among that class of horses or dogs on any day, another race for the day may be substituted. A sum equal to twelve percent of the purse won by an Iowa-foaled horse or Iowa-whelped dog shall be used to promote the horse and dog breeding industries. The twelve percent shall be withheld by the licensee from the breakage and shall be paid at the end of the race meeting to the state department of agriculture and land stewardship which in turn shall deposit it in a special fund to be known as the Iowa horse and dog breeders fund and pay it . The department shall pay the amount deposited in the fund that is withheld from the purse won by an Iowa-foaled horse to the breeder of the winning Iowa-foaled horse by December 31 of each calendar year to the breeder of the winning Iowa-foaled horse or Iowa-whelped dog. The department shall pay the amount deposited in the fund that is withheld from the purse won by an Iowa-whelped dog to the breeder of the winning Iowa-whelped dog by March 31 of each calendar year. For the purposes of this section, the breeder of a thoroughbred horse shall be considered to be the owner of the brood mare at the time the foal is dropped. The breeder of a quarter horse or standardbred horse shall be considered to be the owner of the mare at the time of breeding.

Sec. 3. Section 192.101A, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:

As used in this chapter, all terms shall have the same meaning as defined in the "Grade `A' Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, 1995 1999 Revision". However, notwithstanding the ordinance, the following definitions shall apply:

Sec. 4. Section 192.102, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:

192.102 GRADE "A" PASTEURIZED MILK ORDINANCE.

The department shall adopt, by rule, the "Grade `A' Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, 1995 1999 Revision", including a subsequent revision of the ordinance. If the ordinance specifies that compliance with a provision of the ordinance's appendices is mandatory, the department shall also adopt that provision. The department shall not amend the ordinance, unless the department explains each amendment and reasons for the amendment in the Iowa administrative bulletin when the rules are required to be published pursuant to chapter 17A. The department shall administer this chapter consistent with the provisions of the ordinance.

Sec. 5. Section 192.110, subsection 1, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:

1. The person has a pasteurized milk and milk products sanitation compliance rating of ninety percent or more as calculated according to the rating system as contained in the federal public health service publications, "Procedures Governing the Cooperative State-Public Health Service/Food and Drug Administration Program for Certification of Interstate Milk Shippers 1995 1999" and "Method of Making Sanitation Ratings of Milk Supplies, 1995 1999 Revision". The applicable provisions of these publications are incorporated into this section by this reference. A copy of each publication shall be on file with the department or in the office of the person subject to an inspection contract as provided in section 192.108.

Sec. 6. Section 455E.11, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:

The secretary of agriculture shall submit with the report prepared pursuant to on a biennial basis to the governor in the same manner as provided in section 7A.3. The report shall include a proposal for the use of groundwater protection fund moneys, and a report of the uses of the groundwater protection fund moneys appropriated in the two previous fiscal year years.

Sec. 7. Sections 159.10, 159.15, 159.30, and 159.37, Code 2001, are repealed.

Sec. 8. DIRECTIONS TO THE CODE EDITOR. The Code editor shall consolidate or eliminate the repeal, reserve, and transfer entries for 2001 Iowa Code sections 192.1 through 192.100, in order to enhance the readability of chapter 192. As part of consolidating or eliminating the entries, the Code editor shall provide directions to the reader that explain where historical information pertaining to the repeal, transfer, or reserving of those entries may be obtained.

Approved May 16, 2001



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