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S1437...............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
DAIRY FARMS - Amends existing law to require dairy farms to have nutrient
management plans approved by the Department of Agriculture.
02/16 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/17 Rpt prt - to Agric Aff
03/01 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/02 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/08 3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-1-1
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow,
Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Ingram,
Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
Stennett, Thorne, Walton/Branch, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams
NAYS--Hawkins
Absent and excused--Davis
Floor Sponsor - Sandy
Title apvd - to House
03/09 House intro - 1st rdg - to Agric Aff
03/17 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/20 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/29 3rd rdg - PASSED - 47-13-10
AYES -- Barraclough, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bruneel, Callister,
Campbell, Chase, Deal, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hammond,
Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kellogg,
Kempton, Kunz, Marley, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Pischner,
Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Schaefer, Sellman,
Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tilman,
Trail, Wood
NAYS -- Alltus, Barrett, Cheirrett, Denney, Hadley, Hornbeck,
Kendell, Loertscher, Mader, McKague, Pearce, Sali, Zimmermann
Absent and excused -- Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Ellsworth, Geddes, Lake,
Linford, Moyle, Wheeler, Mr Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Chase
Title apvd - to Senate
03/30 To enrol - rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/31 Sp signed
04/03 To Governor
04/04 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 188
Effective: 04/04/00
S1437
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1437
BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO DAIRY FARMS; AMENDING SECTION 37-401, IDAHO CODE, TO REQUIRE DAIRY
3 FARMS TO HAVE NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
4 AGRICULTURE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 SECTION 1. That Section 37-401, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
7 amended to read as follows:
8 37-401. INSPECTIONS, EXAMINATIONS AND TESTS BY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
9 -- DAIRY FARMS -- NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANS REQUIRED. The director of the
10 department of agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to designate any
11 agent to inspect, examine and test any or all dairy products in accordance
12 with rules as the department may prescribe; and to ascertain and certify the
13 grade, classification, quality or sanitary condition thereof and other perti-
14 nent facts as the department may require. The director or agent of the depart-
15 ment of agriculture of the state of Idaho shall make sanitary inspection of
16 milk, cream, butter and dairy products of any kind whatsoever, intended for
17 human consumption, and of containers, utensils, equipment, buildings, premises
18 or anything whatsoever employed in the production, handling, storing, process-
19 ing or manufacturing of dairy products or that would affect the purity of the
20 products. Inspections, examinations and tests shall be made to meet the
21 requirements of the laws of the state and of the United States for the sale of
22 the products or their transportation in both intrastate and interstate com-
23 merce. Any agent designated by the director to make inspections shall have the
24 right for that purpose to enter any premises and buildings where milk, cream,
25 butter or dairy products shall be produced, stored, processed or manufactured.
26 Acting in accord with rules of the department, the director or agent of the
27 department shall review plans and specifications for construction of new, mod-
28 ified or expanded waste systems and inspect any dairy farm to ascertain and
29 certify sanitary conditions, waste systems and milk quality. The director or
30 agent shall issue a permit authorizing the sale of milk for human consumption
31 to all dairy farms that meet the requirements of this chapter, and rules pro-
32 mulgated pursuant to this chapter. All dairy farms shall have a nutrient man-
33 agement plan approved by the department. Existing dairy farms shall submit a
34 nutrient management plan to the department on or before July 1, 2001. Any new
35 dairy farms or dairy farms that change owners or operators shall have an
36 approved nutrient management plan on file with the department prior to the
37 issuance of the milk permit for that dairy. The nutrient management plan shall
38 be implemented upon approval of the plan by the department.
39 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
40 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
41 passage and approval.
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 09994
The purpose of this proposed legislation is to amend Chapter 4, Title 37, Idaho
Code, to require all dairy farms in the state to develop nutrient management plans
and submit the plans to the Department of Agriculture for approval, to provide a
deadline by which existing dairy farms shall submit nutrient management plans to
the Department, to require all new dairy farms or dairy farms that change owners
or operators to have a nutrient management plan before issuance of a milk permit,
and to require dairy farms to implement nutrient management plans upon approval
of the plans by the department.
FISCAL NOTE
The proposed legislation should not impose any new or increased fiscal impact.
CONTACT: Senator John Sandy
208 322-1305
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE Bill No. S 1437