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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
]]]] 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-
2
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
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