2006 Agricultural Legislation

Full bill details on legislation impacting statutes under ISDA's authority can be found on the internet at http:www3.state.id.us/legisla/legtrack.html

H410: Meat Inspections - Law repealed - All regulatory responsibilities for meat inspection in the state of Idaho have been under the jurisdiction of the USDA/Food Safety and Inspection Service for over 20 years.
(Idaho Code, Section 5-338)

H411: Tuberculosis Indemnity - Amends law to make the indemnity provisions for Tuberculosis consistent with the indemnity provisions for Brucellosis.
(Idaho Code, Section 25-402)

H412: Bangs - Aligns the requirements for the identification of animals that have a positive reaction to an official Brucellosis test with the federal uniform methods and rules. (Idaho Code, Section 25-610)

H465: Commercial Feeding - Updates current law to meet the Association of American Feed Control Officials uniform code; and exempted from registration single ingredient minerals, high moisture food processing waste, live or whole animals, and animal remedies. Penalties for the distribution of unregistered product and late renewal submission will be adopted.
(Idaho Code, Sections 25-2701 through 25-2717)

H466: Carbon Sequestration Advisory Committee - Expands the committee from 16 to 19 members by adding a geologist, an economist, and a representative from one of the American Indian tribes within the state.
(Idaho Code, Section 22-5202)

H490: Honey Bees - Expands the duties of the commission to allow research support, and register hobbyist bee keepers on a voluntary basis.
(Idaho Code, Sections 22-2807 through 22-2811)

H492: Site Advisory Team - Changes the Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) definition from the old EPA standard of "animal units" to the current EPA standard of "actual animal numbers.”
(Idaho Code, Sections 67-6529C and 6529E)

H493: Bee Inspections – Revises guidelines and investigations to ensure that bee inspections are adequate and exempt hobbyist beekeepers from registration. (Idaho Code, Sections 22-2501 through 22-2513)

H513: Duties of the Director - Ag Technology - Requires the director of the Department of Agriculture to cooperate with specified entities to encourage the growth of agricultural technology in the state and to protect the integrity of existing agriculture and agricultural marketing channels.
(Idaho Code, Sections 22-103)

H514: Deficiency Warrants for Pest Control – Increase the limit of deficiency warrants authorized by the Board of Examiners against the General Fund from $500,000 to $5,000,000 to cover a major pest threat.
(Idaho Code, Section 22-2019)

H593: Crop Residue - CRP - Clarifies existing smoke management law to allow Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land to be burned, under certain circumstances, even if it has not been harvested.
(Idaho Code, Section 22-4802)

H594: Noxious Weeds - Revises duties of the Director of the Department of Agriculture relating to noxious weeds; the duties of counties relating to noxious weeds; the purposes of noxious weed control as it relates to landowners and citizens; and provides and revises penalty provisions for violations.
(Idaho Code, Section 22-2402 through 22-2411)

H596: Fur Farms - Revises provisions relating to the possession, sale, trade, barter, exchange and importation of certain animals in Idaho; the definition of domestic fur bearing animals and domestic cervidae; provisions relating to those premises deemed farms, fur farms or fur ranches.
(Idaho Code, Sections 25-236, 25-3001, and 36-711)

H869: Appropriations - Eurasian Watermilfoil - Appropriates an additional $4,000,000 for eradication of Eurasian Watermilfoil for fiscal years 2007 and 2008; authorizes one additional limited service, full-time equivalent position; and provides legislative intent regarding the future funding of the Eurasian Watermilfoil Control Program.

S1396: Animal Cruelty - Clarifies and expands enforcement authority and duties on animal cruelty for animal care and control agencies; provides for possession and care of cruelly treated animals; provides for the termination of violators' rights to animals; provides that the owners or keepers of seized animals shall be liable for reasonable costs; provides a forfeiture process; provides for the disposition of seized animals; and provides that certain animals be euthanized.
(Idaho Code, Section 25-3501 through 25-3505; 25-3511; and 25-3520A,B)

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