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Establishing a moratorium relating to the construction, including expansion, of certain confinement feeding operation structures, requesting an interim study committee, and including effective date provisions
Topics:AgricultureLivestock & confinements
Same legislation: HF 2127
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 27, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 17, 2020
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- 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
MORATORIUM. This bill amends Code chapter 459 (the “Animal Agriculture Compliance Act”) by establishing a moratorium on the construction, including expansion, of confinement feeding operation structures (structures) such as buildings or manure storage structures associated with the confinement feeding operation. The bill provides that during the period of the moratorium, the department of natural resources is prohibited from approving an application for a permit to construct a structure. The bill does not prohibit a person from completing construction if, prior to the effective date of the bill, the person has begun the construction.
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LEGISLATIVE STUDY. The bill requests that the legislative council establish an interim committee to study methods to increase greater public participation in the construction of structures and submit a report to the general assembly by January 10, 2021. BACKGROUND. The department of natural resources regulates confinement feeding operations. A confinement feeding operation refers to an area in which certain animals associated with agriculture are confined and fed and maintained under a roof for days or more in any 12-month period, and includes associated structures including buildings and facilities used to store manure.102). A permit is required if the confinement feeding operation would have an AUC of 1,000 or more. In calculating AUC, each of various types of animals are assigned a special equivalency factor.102).4 = 1,000 AUC). EFFECTIVE DATE. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 17, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.
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