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Requiring that a person submit a bond with a manure management plan associated with a confinement feeding operation, and including effective date provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2019
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
GENERAL. This bill amends Code chapter 459, referred to as the “Animal Agriculture Compliance Act”, which is administered and enforced by the department of natural resources (DNR). The Code chapter in part regulates the housing of animals in a building and the storage and application of animal manure originating from a confinement feeding operation (operation), including a manure storage structure (structure).312). BILL’S PROVISIONS. The bill provides that DNR cannot approve an MMP unless the owner furnishes a surety bond for $10 million for the purpose of paying costs resulting from the discharge of manure from the owner’s operation.
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Moneys payable under the bond must be used in cases in which the discharge has caused property damage. The moneys must be used to: (1) reimburse the state or a political subdivision, or an agent of the state or political subdivision, for costs associated with containment or cleanup; (2) the restoration of wild animal populations or habitat; and (3) the payment of a judgment award recovered by a plaintiff in a civil action. The bill provides for the expiration or cancellation of the bond. DNR is authorized to suspend or revoke an MMP if a replacement bond is not filed. The bill also provides that DNR is prohibited from issuing a permit to the owner authorizing the construction of any structure if a bond covering an operation has expired, been canceled, been suspended, or been revoked. BACKGROUND —— OPERATIONS AND MMPS.102).311). An MMP refers to both an original document and a document which updates the original plan.312).102). As part of the application for a permit, the owner must have filed an MMP. EFFECTIVE DATE. The bill, if enacted, would take effect upon enactment.