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H0370.....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
SWINE/POULTRY FEEDING OPERATIONS - Adds to existing law to provide a
statement of intent; to provide authority to the Department of Health and
Welfare to promulgate rules regarding large swine and poultry feeding
operations.
03/12 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/15 Rpt prt - to Agric Aff
03/17 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/17 Rules susp - PASSED - 61-6-3
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney,
Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23),
Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton,
Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh, Linford, Mader, Marley, Meyer(Duncan),
Mortensen, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison,
Schaefer, Sellman, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone,
Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Williams, Wood, Zimmermann,
Mr Speaker
NAYS -- Geddes, Loertscher, McKague, Moyle, Sali, Taylor
Absent and excused -- Chase, Gagner, Montgomery
Floor Sponsor - Jones
Title apvd - to Senate
03/17 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Agric Aff
03/18 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/19 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
Rules susp - PASSED - 32-0-3
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett,
Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Crow, Parry, Riggs
Floor Sponsor - Burtenshaw
Title apvd - to House - to enrol
03/22 Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/23 To Governor
03/24 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 263
Effective: 03/24/99
H0370|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 370 BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE; AMENDING CHAPTER 1, TITLE 3 39, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 39-104A, IDAHO CODE, TO 4 PROVIDE A STATEMENT OF INTENT AND TO PROVIDE AUTHORITY TO THE DEPARTMENT 5 OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TO MAKE RULES REGULATING LARGE SWINE AND POULTRY 6 FEEDING OPERATIONS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 8 SECTION 1. That Chapter 1, Title 39, Idaho Code, be, and the same is 9 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION , to be 10 known and designated as Section 39-104A, Idaho Code, and to read as follows: 11 39-104A. AUTHORITY TO MAKE RULES REGULATING LARGE SWINE AND POULTRY FEED- 12 ING OPERATIONS. (1) The state of Idaho is experiencing the development of 13 large swine and poultry feeding operations which are inadequately controlled 14 through existing state regulatory mechanisms. If not properly regulated, 15 these facilities pose a threat to the state's surface and ground water 16 resources. Due to existing rulemaking authority, the department of health and 17 welfare, division of environmental quality, is in the best position of all 18 state agencies to modify its present rules and to make new rules to develop an 19 adequate regulatory framework for large swine and poultry feeding operations. 20 (2) The department of health and welfare is authorized to modify its 21 existing administrative rules and to make new rules regulating large swine and 22 poultry feeding operations, as they shall be defined by the department. The 23 department is authorized to work with the Idaho department of agriculture in 24 the development of such rules. 25 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby 26 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its 27 passage and approval.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS09215
Idaho is being presented with a great opportunity. Large swine and
poultry feeding operations want to locate in the state. Properly
designed and operated, these businesses promise to provide new job
opportunities and enhance public and private revenues. At the same
time, they present unique challenges to the state because of their
very large size. Idaho does not have adequate regulatory mechanisms in
place to properly regulate these operations while protecting the
state's surface and ground water resources.
This legislation solves the problem by authorizing and requesting the
Division of Environmental Quality, working in conjunction with the
Department of Agriculture, to modify the division's administrative
rules to provide for adequate regulation of large swine and poultry
feeding operations.
FISCAL NOTE
This legislation does not require a specific expenditure from the
General Fund. Costs normally associated with rule making by a state
agency will be incurred.
CONTACT: Rep. Doug Jones
Rep. Wendy Jaquet
(208) 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE Bill No. H 370