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171). COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS —— PET SHOPS.2B). A business is not regulated as a pet shop if, during the prior 12-month period, the business either receives less than $500 or transfers less than six animals.2). COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS —— PENALTY.13). GRAIN REGULATION —— BACKGROUND. As part of a grain transaction, an operator issues a prenumbered scale weight ticket to a depositor as evidence of stored grain. 7).6). GRAIN REGULATION —— TERMS. Currently, several different terms are used to describe the same item.1). GRAIN REGULATION —— GRAIN MOISTURE CONTENT., reducing the scale weight by a special factor calculated for each percent of moisture content).25). GRAIN REGULATION —— OPEN STORAGE. An operator may retain delivered grain in open storage (meaning without issuing a warehouse receipt or making a purchase) subject to certain limitations. Grain subject to a scale weight ticket without having the price fixed and documented by the operator is considered to be retained in open storage. Currently, if grain is retained in open storage, the operator must issue the depositor a warehouse receipt within one year of the grain’s delivery date, unless the depositor signs a statement refusing it. The bill eliminates this requirement.17). GRAIN REGULATION —— PENALTIES.36). WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. A person who uses or displays a commercial weighing or measuring device (device) must be licensed. The term of the license is months. _____ the term is on a calendar year basis (January to December 31) but for motor fuel pumps the term is on a fiscal year basis (July to June 30). A fee is required for the issuance of the license and an inspection (license inspection fee) first due when the device is placed into service. DALS is expressly required to inspect motor fuel pumps each year.11).12). WEIGHTS AND MEASURES —— MOTOR FUEL STANDARDS AND CLASSIFICATIONS. Motor fuels include fossil (petroleum) based gasoline and diesel fuel as well as certain biofuel components derived from renewable (nonpetroleum) resources such as ethanol classified as E-100 and biodiesel comprised of monoalkyl esters of long-chain fatty acids and classified as B-100., E-15 or B-5) subject to separate departmental standards based on ASTM international (ASTM) specifications. The bill regulates another liquid fuel referred to renewable diesel classified as RD-100 that may be used as a motor fuel or a blending component and classified as RD-xx. RD-100 is produced from nonfossil renewable resources but is not biodiesel due to manufacturing processes.2). WEIGHTS AND MEASURES —— TESTING LABORATORY.2B). _____ WEIGHTS AND MEASURES —— CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE.16 from subchapter I to subchapter II of Code chapter 214A. The Code section regulates a notice required to be posted for consumers purchasing renewable fuels. In 2022, the general assembly enacted 2022 Iowa Acts, chapter 1152, which reorganized Code chapter 214A. Subchapter I regulates general matters such as standards and classifications and subchapter II regulates the advertisement, sale, and use of motor fuel. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES —— PENALTY. A person who fails to allow for an inspection of a motor fuel pump is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. WATER QUALITY.44).134A). Moneys in the last fund (15 percent) are appropriated to support the water quality urban infrastructure program. The bill provides that DALS may use moneys available to support the water quality urban infrastructure program to instead support the water quality agriculture infrastructure programs. The bill also eliminates dates in several Code sections that are now extraneous. APPLICABLE PENALTIES. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days and a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855.