Eastern Iowa Farmer Fall 2020

The law specifically prohibits the
possession, use, manufacture, marketing,
transport, delivery, or distribution of
hemp if the intended use of the hemp is
inhalation. Iowa agencies are currently
working on drafting rules to implement
the new law. Questions remain regarding
the interaction between federal regulations
(which in many cases still ban the
consumption of hemp products) and the
new Iowa law.
Animal Mistreatment Laws
The Legislature expanded the definition
of crimes involving the mistreatment of
animals, excluding livestock and certain
wild animals. It states that animal abuse
occurs when a person intentionally,
knowingly, or recklessly acts to inflict
injury, serious injury, or death on an animal
by force, violence, or poisoning. The
crimes range from a serious misdemeanor
for injuries that are not serious and do
not result in death to a Class D felony for
repeat offenses.
Transportation
One new transportation law eliminates
the yearly wide-load permit requirement
for vehicles transporting hay, straw,
stover, or bagged livestock bedding, as
long as the width does not exceed 12 feet,
5 inches. The prior limit was 8 feet, 6
inches.
Another new law provides that a farmer
or the farmer’s hired help (18 years of age
or older) is not a chauffeur when operating
a special truck owned by the farmer
and used exclusively to transport the
farmer’s own products or property to a
destination no more than 100 miles from
farmland owned or rented by the farmer.
Food Operation Trespass
A new law prohibits “food operation
trespass” in Iowa: A person commits food
operation trespass by entering or remaining
on the property of a food operation
without the consent of a person who has
real or apparent authority to allow the
person to enter or remain on the property.
A person who commits a first offense
of food operation trespass is guilty of an
aggravated misdemeanor. A second and
subsequent offense is a Class D felony.
The purpose of this new law is to protect
biosecurity and the safety of the food
supply chain. This is the Iowa Legislature’s
third attempt in a decade to enact
legislation to impose penalties on people
trespassing on agricultural production facilities.
The two prior laws are embroiled
in First Amendment litigation.
Hunting
New legislation lowers the age of eligibility
for a special senior statewide antlerless
deer only crossbow deer hunting
license from 70 years of age to 65 years
of age. Another new law allows a hunter
to use a trained, leashed dog to retrieve a
wounded deer. The leash must be no more
than 50 feet in length. Non-resident children
under the age of 16 may now hunt
game (other than deer and wild turkey)
without a license if they are accompanied
by an adult who has a hunting license.
Another new law allows a person 20 or
younger to use a pistol or revolver to hunt
if they are accompanied by a person 21 or
over who has a hunting license. Finally, it
is now legal to hunt coyotes in Iowa using
an infrared light source, except during
muzzleloader, bow, or shotgun deer hunting
season.
More information about these and other
laws can be found on our website: calt.
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