Bill Text: IA HF2292 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to confinement feeding operations confining fish, and making penalties applicable. Effective 7-1-12.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-12 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 810. [HF2292 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2292-Enrolled.html
House
File
2292
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
CONFINEMENT
FEEDING
OPERATIONS
CONFINING
FISH,
AND
MAKING
PENALTIES
APPLICABLE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
459.102,
subsection
3,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3.
“Animal”
means
a
species
classified
as
cattle,
swine,
horses,
sheep,
chickens,
or
turkeys
,
or
fish
.
Sec.
2.
Section
459.102,
subsection
6,
Code
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
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l.
Fish
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0.001
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
459.320
Exception
from
regulation
——
election
for
confinement
feeding
operations
confining
fish.
A
person
who
exclusively
confines
fish
as
part
of
a
confinement
feeding
operation
may
elect
to
comply
with
the
permitting
requirements
of
section
455B.183
in
lieu
of
the
permitting
requirements
of
this
subchapter.
Sec.
4.
FEDERAL
LAW.
A
person
who
confines
fish
as
provided
in
this
Act
shall
comply
with
applicable
national
pollutant
House
File
2292,
p.
2
discharge
elimination
system
permit
requirements
as
provided
in
the
federal
Water
Pollution
Control
Act,
33
U.S.C.
ch.
26,
as
amended,
and
40
C.F.R.
pts.
122
and
451.
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JOHN
P.
KIBBIE
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2292,
Eighty-fourth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2012
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
