Bill Text: IA HF578 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa House Bill 578 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the observation of a department of natural resources investigation by a property owner or person in charge of the property. (Formerly HF 415)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-06-05 - Referred to Natural Resources and Environment. S.J. 1122. [HF578 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF578-Introduced.html

House File 578 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON
                                     AGRICULTURE

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HF 415)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the observation of a department of natural
  2    resources investigation by a property owner or person in
  3    charge of the property.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455B.103, subsection 4, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 1, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    Conduct investigations of complaints received directly
  1  4 or referred by the commission created in section 455A.6 or
  1  5 other investigations deemed necessary. While conducting an
  1  6 investigation, the director may enter at any reasonable time
  1  7 in and upon any private or public property to investigate any
  1  8 actual or possible violation of this chapter, chapter 459,
  1  9 chapter 459A, chapter 459B, or the rules or standards adopted
  1 10 under this chapter, chapter 459, chapter 459A, or chapter 459B.
  1 11  However, the owner or person in charge shall be notified.  The
  1 12 director shall not prohibit the owner or person in charge from
  1 13 observing an investigation or from taking independent samples
  1 14 or photographs.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 17 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 18    Under this bill, the director of the department of natural
  1 19 resources or the director's designee shall not prohibit
  1 20 a property owner or person in charge of the property from
  1 21 observing an investigation or from taking independent samples
  1 22 or photographs.
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