Bill Text: IA SF2251 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for the regulation of anhydrous ammonia and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 2135.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-08 - Passed subcommittee. [SF2251 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF2251-Amended.html
Senate File 2251 - Reprinted SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2135) (As Amended and Passed by the Senate March 1, 2016) A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for the regulation of anhydrous ammonia and 2 including effective date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: SF 2251 (3) 86 da/nh/jh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 200.20A Anhydrous ammonia 1 2 containers. 1 3 1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise 1 4 requires: 1 5 a. (1) "Container" means a tank used for transporting or 1 6 storing anhydrous ammonia. 1 7 (2) "Container" does not include a pressure vessel having 1 8 one thousand pounds of water capacity or less, if constructed 1 9 in accordance with specifications for cylinders and authorized 1 10 for transportation by the United States department of 1 11 transportation under 49 C.F.R. pts. 100=180. 1 12 b. "Nurse tank" means a container having a capacity of 1 13 three thousand gallons or less, if the container is used for 1 14 transporting anhydrous ammonia containing two=tenths of one 1 15 percent water and the anhydrous ammonia is exclusively used for 1 16 application on land for agricultural purposes. 1 17 2. On and after June 1, 2017, a nurse tank shall not be 1 18 manufactured in this state, and shall not be imported for 1 19 use in this state, unless a full postweld heat treatment 1 20 manufacturing method has been used. 1 21 3. The department of agriculture and land stewardship shall 1 22 adopt rules required to implement, administer, and enforce this 1 23 section. 1 24 Sec. 2. IOWA ANHYDROUS AMMONIA TASK FORCE. 1 25 1. An anhydrous ammonia task force is created within the 1 26 department of agriculture and land stewardship. The task force 1 27 shall study the development and implementation of solutions 1 28 related to the use and regulation of anhydrous ammonia and 1 29 associated innovations related to nutrient management. 1 30 2. The task force shall be composed of members appointed 1 31 by the secretary of agriculture from interested stakeholders, 1 32 including but not limited to persons engaged in the business of 1 33 storing, transporting, or applying anhydrous ammonia on crop 1 34 fields. The secretary of agriculture shall chair the task 1 35 force as a nonvoting member. 2 1 3. Members of the task force shall not receive a per diem, 2 2 shall not be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses while 2 3 in attendance at any meeting, and shall not be reimbursed for 2 4 travel expenses. 2 5 4. a. The task force shall submit a report regarding its 2 6 findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the 2 7 governor and the general assembly not later than January 13, 2 8 2017. 2 9 b. The task force is abolished on January 31, 2017. 2 10 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. The section of this 2 11 Act creating an anhydrous ammonia task force, being deemed of 2 12 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. SF 2251 (3) 86 da/nh/jh