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HOUSE BILL NO. 490 – Honey advertising comm, duties

HOUSE BILL NO. 490

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H0490...............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
HONEYBEES - Amends existing law relating to honeybees to provide for duties
of the Idaho Honey Advertising Commission; to provide an exemption from
annual taxation for hobbyist beekeepers; to provide for voluntary
registration and payment of fees; and to provide for the publication of
certain information relating to registered beekeepers.
                                                                        
01/27    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/30    Rpt prt - to Agric Aff
02/17    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/20    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/23    3rd rdg - PASSED - 64-0-6
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
      Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Cannon,
      Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
      Eskridge, Field(18), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest, Henderson,
      Jaquet, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez, Mathews,
      McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini,
      Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Rusche, Rydalch, Sayler,
      Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30),
      Smylie(Luker), Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Brackett, Field(23), Roberts, Sali, Smith(24),
      Wood
    Floor Sponsor - Lake
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/24    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Agric Aff
03/03    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/06    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/08    3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason(Hatch), Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett,
      Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis,
      Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough,
      Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce,
      Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Coiner
    Title apvd - to House
03/09    To enrol
03/10    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/13    Pres signed
03/14    To Governor
03/15    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 87
         Effective: 07/01/06

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 490
                                                                        
                             BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO HONEYBEES; AMENDING SECTION 22-2807, IDAHO CODE,  TO  PROVIDE  FOR
  3        DUTIES  OF  THE IDAHO HONEY ADVERTISING COMMISSION AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL
  4        CORRECTION; AMENDING SECTION 22-2808, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE AN  EXEMPTION
  5        FROM  ANNUAL TAXATION FOR HOBBYIST BEEKEEPERS AND TO PROVIDE FOR VOLUNTARY
  6        REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT OF FEE; AND AMENDING CHAPTER 28, TITLE 22,  IDAHO
  7        CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 22-2811, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR
  8        THE PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO REGISTERED BEEKEEPERS.
                                                                        
  9    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 10        SECTION  1.  That  Section 22-2807, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 11    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 12        22-2807.  ADVERTISING DUTIES. The commission shall plan and conduct a cam-
 13    paign for honey and honey by-product byproduct  advertising,  publicity,  mer-
 14    chandising, sales promotion and research, including bee research, by contract-
 15    ing  with  a service of the hereinabove mentioned, or jointly with any univer-
 16    sity or other state or states of the United States  and  its  territories,  or
 17    individually.
                                                                        
 18        SECTION  2.  That  Section 22-2808, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 19    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 20        22-2808.  LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAXES -- CHANGE OF TAX BY  REFERENDUM  --
 21    VIOLATIONS -- PENALTY. (a) There is hereby levied and imposed upon each colony
 22    or  hive of bees within the state of Idaho on July 1 of each year a continuing
 23    annual tax of five cents (5¢) per hive or colony of bees beginning in the year
 24    1970 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of chapter 28,  title  22,
 25    Idaho  Code.  Hobbyist  beekeepers,  as defined in chapter 25, title 22, Idaho
 26    Code, are exempt from taxation under this section. Provided however, that  any
 27    hobbyist  beekeeper  who  desires to support the efforts of the commission, as
 28    set forth in section 22-2807, Idaho Code, and desires to be included in regis-
 29    tration lists distributed as authorized under section 22-2811, Idaho Code, may
 30    register with the commission for that purpose by remitting an annual registra-
 31    tion fee of ten dollars ($10.00).
 32        (b)  The tax may be decreased to not less than three cents (3¢)  per  hive
 33    or colony per year or it may be increased to not more than ten cents (10¢) per
 34    hive or colony per year, if approved by a majority of the beekeepers voting in
 35    a  referendum held for the purpose of determining whether such levy of the tax
 36    shall or shall not be changed. If the levy of the tax is changed, the levy  of
 37    the  tax  will  continue  annually  at the changed rate until again changed by
 38    another referendum. Any resident of Idaho who is a registered Idaho  beekeeper
 39    with the department of agriculture may vote at such referendum. Any referendum
 40    held  for  the  purpose  of changing the levy of such tax shall be held at the
 41    annual meeting of the Idaho honey industry association or any successor  orga-
                                                                        
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  1    nization to this group.
  2        (c)  Notice  of  the  tax  provided for in this section shall be mailed no
  3    later than June 1 and the tax shall be due and payable on or before July 1  of
  4    each  year,  and  it shall be collected by the Idaho department of agriculture
  5    and shall forthwith be paid over by the Idaho department of agriculture to the
  6    Idaho honey advertising fund.
  7        (d)  Said tax shall be a lien upon all  apicultural  products,  equipment,
  8    bees  and  property of the person owning or controlling such bees and shall be
  9    prior to all other  liens or encumbrances  except  liens  which  are  declared
 10    prior by operation of the statutes of this state.
 11        (e)  The  Idaho  honey advertising commission may promulgate the necessary
 12    rules and forms to implement and carry out this section.
 13        (f)  Any person who shall violate the provisions of this  section  or  the
 14    rules  and  regulations  promulgated under it shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
 15    and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than three
 16    hundred dollars ($300) or imprisonment for a period not to exceed ninety  (90)
 17    days,  or  both such fine and imprisonment, and all fines collected for viola-
 18    tion of this section shall be paid into the Idaho honey advertising fund.
                                                                        
 19        SECTION 3.  That Chapter 28, Title 22, Idaho Code, be,  and  the  same  is
 20    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
 21    ignated as Section 22-2811, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 22        22-2811.  PUBLICATION OF REGISTERED BEEKEEPERS. The commission shall  make
 23    available to any pesticide applicator registered with the department, mosquito
 24    abatement or pest control district, or university of Idaho county agricultural
 25    extension  office,  a  list  of beekeepers registered with the commission. The
 26    list shall include the names and telephone  numbers  of  the  beekeepers,  the
 27    counties  in  which  they  keep bees, and any other information the commission
 28    deems necessary to assist in the prevention of accidental poisoning of  honey-
 29    bees.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                
                            RS 15718
                                
This legislation will expand the duties of the commission to allow it
to support research, and register hobbyist bee keepers on a voluntary
basis. The Commission is authorized to publish the names and phone
numbers of bee keepers, the counties in which they keep bees and any
other information it feels necessary to help prevent the accidental
poisoning of honey bees.


                           FISCAL IMPACT

None to the general fund.




Contact
Name:     Rep. Lake
Phone:    332-1000
Mike Cooper, Dept. Of Ag.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                              H 490