Bill Text: IA SF285 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for criminal offenses related to beekeeping. (See SF 393.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-26 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 393. S.J. 411. [SF285 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF285-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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BY
BOULTON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
criminal
offenses
related
to
beekeeping.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
160.14,
subsection
1,
Code
2019,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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1.
A
person
who
knowingly
sells,
does
any
of
the
following
3
is
guilty
of
a
simple
misdemeanor:
4
a.
Sells,
barters,
gives
away,
moves,
or
allows
to
be
moved,
5
a
diseased
or
parasite-infested
colony,
package,
equipment,
or
6
combs
without
the
consent
of
the
state
apiarist
,
or
exposes
.
7
b.
Exposes
infected
honey
or
infected
equipment
to
the
bees
,
8
or
who
willfully
fails
.
9
c.
Fails
or
neglects
to
give
proper
treatment
to
a
diseased
10
or
parasite-infested
colony
,
or
who
interferes
.
11
d.
Interferes
with
the
state
apiarist
or
the
state
12
apiarist’s
assistants
in
the
performance
of
official
duties
or
13
who
refuses
.
14
e.
Refuses
to
permit
the
examination
of
bees
or
their
15
destruction
as
provided
in
this
chapter
or
violates
.
16
f.
Violates
another
provision
of
this
chapter
,
except
as
17
provided
in
subsection
2
,
is
guilty
of
a
simple
misdemeanor
.
18
Sec.
2.
Section
160.14,
subsection
2,
Code
2019,
is
amended
19
to
read
as
follows:
20
2.
A
Notwithstanding
subsection
1,
a
person
who
knowingly
21
moves
or
causes
to
be
moved
into
this
state
a
colony,
package,
22
used
equipment,
or
combs
in
violation
of
section
160.5
,
is
23
guilty
of
a
serious
misdemeanor.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
amends
provisions
in
Code
chapter
160
which
28
provides
for
the
regulation
of
beekeeping
by
the
department
29
of
agriculture
and
land
stewardship.
Code
section
160.14(1)
30
lists
a
number
of
acts
which
constitute
a
criminal
offense
31
(e.g.,
failing
to
properly
care
for
bees
or
interfering
with
32
the
department).
The
provision
is
phrased
as
a
single
sentence
33
beginning
with
the
requirement
that
one
or
all
of
the
acts
must
34
be
“knowingly”
committed.
The
bill
reformulates
the
sentence
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by
stating
that
any
of
the
acts
constitutes
a
criminal
offense
1
if
knowingly
committed
and
then
restructures
the
subsection
to
2
provide
that
each
of
a
series
of
lettered
paragraphs
refers
to
3
a
single
criminal
offense.
A
person
who
commits
one
of
the
4
discrete
criminal
offenses
is
guilty
of
a
simple
misdemeanor.
5
A
simple
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
6
than
30
days
or
a
fine
of
at
least
$65
but
not
more
than
$625
7
or
by
both.
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