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HOUSE BILL NO. 740, As Amended – Food Qlty Assurnce Lab/insurance

HOUSE BILL NO. 740, As Amended

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H0740aa.............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
FOOD QUALITY ASSURANCE LABORATORY - Amends, adds to and repeals existing
law to provide that the Idaho Food Quality Assurance Laboratory shall be an
entity of the state of Idaho for purposes of the Tort Claims Act and to
repeal the sunset clause for the Food Quality Assurance Laboratory.

02/17    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/18    Rpt prt - to Agric Aff
02/25    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/26    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/27    To Gen Ord
03/04    Rpt out amen - to engros
03/05    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/06    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/09    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 60-6-4
      AYES -- Barraclough, Bell, Bieter, Bivens, Black(15), Black(23), Boe,
      Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crane, Crow, Cuddy, Deal,
      Denney, Ellsworth, Field(20), Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest,
      Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(22), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton,
      Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley,
      McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy,
      Reynolds, Ridinger, Robison, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stone, Stubbs,
      Taylor, Tilman, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- Alltus, Barrett, Richman, Sali, Stoicheff, Wood
      Absent and excused -- Field(13), Gagner, Jones(20), Tippets
    Floor Sponsor - Jones(22)
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/10    Senate intro - 1st rdg as amen - to Agric Aff
03/13    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/16    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/18    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
      Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett,
      Sweeney, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Hansen
    Floor Sponsor - Noh, Stennett
    Title apvd - to House
03/19    To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
    Pres signed - to Governor
03/20    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 202
         Effective: 07/01/98

Bill Text


H0740


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              HOUSE BILL NO. 740, As Amended

                            BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO THE IDAHO FOOD QUALITY ASSURANCE INSTITUTE; PROVIDING  LEGISLATIVE
 3        INTENT;  AMENDING  SECTION 67-8301, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE INSTI-
 4        TUTE SHALL BE AN ENTITY OF THE STATE OF IDAHO FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THE  TORT
 5        CLAIMS  ACT; AMENDING SECTION 67-8304, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE THE POWERS OF
 6        THE INSTITUTE; AND REPEALING SECTION 2, CHAPTER 358, LAWS OF 1996.

 7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 8        SECTION 1.  LEGISLATIVE INTENT.  It is the intent of the legislature  that
 9    a sublease be entered into between the State of Idaho, the College of Southern
10    Idaho and the Idaho Food Quality Assurance Institute so that the Institute can
11    occupy  and perform food quality testing at the Food Quality Assurance Labora-
12    tory located in Twin Falls, Idaho. It is further the intent of the legislature
13    that should the Institute cease to exist or is unable to provide food  quality
14    testing  services for the benefit of Idaho agriculture, then the Idaho Depart-
15    ment of Agriculture, Idaho Alfalfa Seed  Commission,  Idaho  Mint  Commission,
16    Idaho  Potato  Commission  and Idaho Wheat Commission may continue to contract
17    for food quality testing and the Food Quality Assurance  Laboratory  upon  the
18    same  sublease  conditions  as  were  made available to the Idaho Food Quality
19    Assurance Institute.

20        SECTION 2.  That Section 67-8301, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
21    amended to read as follows:

22        67-8301.  IDAHO  FOOD QUALITY ASSURANCE INSTITUTE CREATED. There is hereby
23    created an independent public body corporate and politic to be  known  as  the
24    Idaho  food  quality  assurance  institute. The institute shall be exempt from
25    taxation.  The institute shall be an entity of the state of Idaho as pro-
26    vided in the tort claims act, chapter 9, title 6, Idaho  Code,  and  shall  be
27    entitled  to all the protection as provided in the tort claims act, chapter 9,
28    title 6, Idaho Code. 

29        SECTION 3.  That Section 67-8304, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
30    amended to read as follows:

31        67-8304.  POWERS OF THE INSTITUTE. The Idaho food quality assurance insti-
32    tute  is  an  independent public body corporate and politic, exercising public
33    and essential governmental functions, and having  all  the  powers  which  are
34    hereby declared to be public purposes necessary or convenient to carry out and
35    effectuate  the  purposes  and provisions of this act, including the following
36    powers in addition to others herein granted:
37        (1)  To provide an ongoing quality assurance  testing  program  for  Idaho
38    agricultural  commodities  by  analyzing and documenting the food safety prac-
39    tices of Idaho producers  and  such  other  agricultural  commodities  by
40    documenting the food safety practices of other producers as feasible ;


                                          2

 1        (2)  To  provide for the management and operation of the quality assurance
 2    laboratory at Twin Falls, Idaho , and to provide  and  facilitate  educa-
 3    tional opportunities ;
 4        (3)  To  establish  fees for testing and analysis of agricultural commodi-
 5    ties and for any other services to be provided to benefit agricultural commod-
 6    ity producers by the laboratory or the institute;
 7        (4)  To provide for certification of testing results;
 8        (5)  To sue and to be sued, to have a seal and to alter the same at pleas-
 9    ure, to have perpetual succession, and to make and  execute  agreements,  con-
10    tracts  and  other  instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the
11    powers and duties of the institute;
12        (6)   To insure or provide for the insurance of any real or  personal
13    property or operation of the institute against any risks or hazards;
14        (7)    To  own,  hold  and  improve  personal property; to purchase,
15    lease, obtain options upon, or acquire by  gift,  grant,  bequest,  devise  or
16    otherwise, any personal property or any interest therein;
17        ( 8    7 )  To make and from time to time
18    amend  and  repeal  bylaws and rules, not inconsistent with this act, to carry
19    into effect the powers and purposes of the institute.

20        SECTION 4.  That Section 2, Chapter 358, Laws of 1996, be, and the same is
21    hereby repealed.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


    





                           STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                                RS 08071C1
    
    This legislation provides technical corrections to the 
    Idaho Food Quality Assurance Institute legislation to 
    assist the Institute Board in operating the Laboratory. As 
    promised, the Laboratory is now reopened and beginning 
    operations.
    
    Section 1 of the bill authorizes a sub-lease so that the 
    Institute can legally occupy the Laboratory. This section 
    also provides assurance to the commodity groups funding the 
    laboratory that in the unlikely event the Institute can not 
    perform testing services, they will be able to conduct food 
    quality testing in the future at the laboratory.
    
    Section 2 of the bill brings the Institute under the 
    Umbrella of the State Tort Claims Act. This clarification 
    is needed so the Institute can be covered through the State 
    self-insurance program operated by the Department of 
    Administration.
    
    Section 3 of the bill permit the Institute to participant in 
    JR-4 testing in the future. This is a federally funded 
    program that would be very valuable for Idaho agriculture 
    commodities. This section also acknowledges an education 
    role for the Institute that will be cooperatively handled by 
    the college of Southern Idaho, University of Idaho and the 
    Institute.
    
    Finally, the legislation removes the sunset clause 
    initially put into law in 1996. As the Institute is now 
    operating and will be subleasing the facility, this 
    provision is no longer necessary.
    
                                FISCAL NOTE
    
    The General Fund will not be impacted by this legislation. 
    The Institute receives no general funds.
    
    CONTACT: Wayne Thiessen, Idaho Food Quality Assurance Institute
             327-9819
             Pat Kole, Idaho Potato Commission
             334-2350
             STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE
    
    H 740