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HOUSE BILL NO. 430 – Seed dealer, license required, when

HOUSE BILL NO. 430

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H0430...............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
SEED DEALERS - Amends existing law to clarify that licenses are required
for seed dealers who condition or label or sell seed; and to provide that
any person selling seed who has total annual gross seed sales not exceeding
$500 is exempt.
                                                                        
01/25    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/26    Rpt prt - to Agric Aff
02/15    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/16    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/21    3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-2-2
      AYES -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bruneel,
      Campbell, Chase, Cheirrett, Clark, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth,
      Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hammond,
      Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd,
      Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader,
      Marley, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle, Pearce,
      Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali,
      Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff,
      Stone, Taylor, Tilman, Trail(Miller), Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann
      NAYS -- Alltus, Callister
      Absent and excused -- Crow, Mr Speaker
    Floor Sponsor - Judd
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/22    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Agric Aff
02/28    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/29    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/27    3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
      Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
      Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--None
    Floor Sponsor - Keough
    Title apvd - to House
03/28    To enrol
03/29    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/30    Pres signed
03/31    To Governor
04/03    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 140
         Effective: 07/01/00

Bill Text


 H0430
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 430
                                                                        
                             BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE PURE SEED LAW; AMENDING SECTION 22-434, IDAHO CODE, TO CLARIFY
  3        THAT LICENSES ARE REQUIRED FOR SEED DEALERS WHO CONDITION OR LABEL OR SELL
  4        SEED AND TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON SELLING  SEED  WHO  HAS  TOTAL  ANNUAL
  5        GROSS SEED SALES NOT EXCEEDING FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IS EXEMPT; AND PROVID-
  6        ING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  1.  That  Section  22-434, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        22-434.  SEED DEALER'S LICENSE. An in-state seed dealer or an out-of-state
 11    seed dealer who conditions, or labels and or sells, for the use  of others any
 12    seed, shall obtain a license from the department authorizing him to condition,
 13    or label and or sell such seed. A dealer shall not be entitled  to  a  license
 14    unless he has an established plant, warehouse or place of business.
 15        A separate license shall be required for each place of business from which
 16    seed  regulated  under this chapter is sold. Application for licenses shall be
 17    on a form provided by the director. Applications shall  be  renewed  no  later
 18    than July 1 of each year.
 19        Fees  so  collected  shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to
 20    the state agricultural inspection account.
 21        In-state producers selling their own crop shall be exempt from  this  sec-
 22    tion.  Any  person  selling  seed  who  has  total annual gross seed sales not
 23    exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) is exempt from this section.
 24        The department may suspend, revoke,  or  refuse  to  issue  or  renew  the
 25    license of any person when it is satisfied that:
 26        (1)  The  applicant  or  licensee  has been guilty of fraud, deception, or
 27    misrepresentation in the procurement of a license; and/or
 28        (2)  The licensee was guilty of violating any of the  provisions  of  this
 29    chapter.
                                                                        
 30        SECTION  2.  This  act shall be in full force and effect on and after July
 31    1, 2000.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                          STATEMENT  OF  PURPOSE
                            RS09376

Amend Title 22, Chapter 4, Section 22-434, Idaho Code, to clarify 
the intent of the law that licenses are required for seed dealers 
who condition or label or sell seeds.  The current law does not 
clearly state that a license is required for a dealer who engages 
in any one of the three activities; namely, conditions, or labels, 
or sells seed.  Amend Title 22, Chapter 4, Section 22-434, Idaho 
Code, to exempt persons with total annual gross seed sales not 
exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) from the seed dealers 
license requirement.

                         FISCAL  IMPACT

Fiscal impact to Dedicated Fund revenues is an estimated loss of
$4,000 in seed dealers license fees for FY 2001.

CONTACT
Name: Dr. Roger R. Vega, Administrator
Agency: Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Phone: (208) 332-8620

Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact                   H 43