266.46 - INFORMATION REPORTING.
266.46 INFORMATION REPORTING.
In accordance with section 266.42, Iowa state university of
science and technology is the custodian of all information including
but not limited to reports and records obtained, submitted, and
maintained in connection with the research projects conducted on the
site of a livestock operation as provided in this division, and all
information submitted by or gathered from or deduced from a livestock
producer or livestock operation pursuant to a livestock odor
mitigation evaluation under section 266.49 or section 459.303,
subsection 3. The public shall have a right to examine and copy the
information as provided in chapter 22, subject to the exceptions of
section 22.7. In addition, the university or an agent or employee of
the university shall not release the name or location, or any other
information sufficient to identify the name or location of any
livestock producer or livestock operation participating in a research
project or participating in a livestock odor mitigation evaluation
pursuant to section 266.49 or section 459.303, subsection 3, and such
information shall not be subject to release pursuant to subpoena or
discovery in any civil proceeding, unless such confidentiality is
waived in writing by the livestock producer. In addition, the
university or an employee or agent of the university shall release no
other information submitted by or gathered from or deduced from a
livestock producer or livestock operation pursuant to a livestock
odor mitigation evaluation under section 266.49 or section 459.303,
subsection 3, unless such information is used in a research project,
which in turn shall not occur without the written consent of the
livestock producer. Any information provided by, gathered from, or
deduced from a livestock producer or livestock operation in
connection with a research project or odor mitigation evaluation that
is in the possession of the livestock producer or livestock operation
shall not be subject to subpoena or discovery in any civil action
against the producer. Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1174, §7, 13
Referred to in § 266.47 Footnotes
Implementation of §266.40--266.49 is contingent upon receipt of
sufficient funds by Iowa state university; 2008 Acts, ch 1174, §13