Iowa § 266.46 Information reporting

Iowa Statutes

§ 266.46 — Information reporting

Iowa § 266.46

Title VIIEDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE

Ch. 266IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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Iowa Code § 266.46 (2026).

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1.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 subchapter, 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.

2.Notwithstanding subsection 1, the university or an agent or employee of the university shall not release the name or l

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1. 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 subchapter, 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.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, 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.
3. 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.