SF 447 - Limits Nuisance Damages Against Livestock Farmers - Iowa Key Vote
Dennis Cohoon voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- March 29, 2017
- House Bill Passed
- March 22, 2017
- Senate Bill Passed
- March 14, 2017
- Introduced
- March 6, 2017
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Title: Limits Nuisance Damages Against Livestock Farmers
Signed by Governor Terry Branstad
Title: Limits Nuisance Damages Against Livestock Farmers
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that limits the damages that can be received in nuisance suits against operators of animal feeding operations.
Highlights:
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Specifies that animal feeding operations which interfere with an individual’s comfortable use and enjoyment of their life or property shall be presumed to be a permanent nuisance, and that damages shall only be awarded as specified in this statute (Sec. 1).
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Authorizes compensatory damages due to decrease in fair market value of an individual’s property (Sec. 1).
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Authorizes compensatory damages due to a medical condition caused by the nuisance (Sec. 1).
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Authorizes compensatory damages due to annoyance or loss of enjoyment of property and specifies that such damages shall not exceed 1 and a half times that combined damages awarded according to the above two provisions (Sec. 1).
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Specifies that this statute does not apply to nuisances caused by a violation of federal or state regulation, failure to use best practices, or to operators who have been deemed habitual violators (Sec. 1).
Title: Limits Nuisance Damages Against Livestock Farmers
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that limits the damages that can be received in nuisance suits against operators of animal feeding operations.
Highlights:
-
Specifies that animal feeding operations which interfere with an individual’s comfortable use and enjoyment of their life or property shall be presumed to be a permanent nuisance, and that damages shall only be awarded as specified in this statute (Sec. 1).
-
Authorizes compensatory damages due to decrease in fair market value of an individual’s property (Sec. 1).
-
Authorizes compensatory damages due to a medical condition caused by the nuisance (Sec. 1).
-
Authorizes compensatory damages due to annoyance or loss of enjoyment of property and specifies that such damages shall not exceed 1 and a half times that combined damages awarded according to the above two provisions (Sec. 1).
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Specifies that this statute does not apply to nuisances caused by a violation of federal or state regulation, failure to use best practices, or to operators who have been deemed habitual violators (Sec. 1).
Title: Limits Nuisance Damages Against Livestock Farmers
Committee Sponsors
- Agriculture Committee (Sponsor)