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H0775......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
ALFALFA AND CLOVER SEED COMMISSION - Amends existing law relating to the
Alfalfa and Clover Seed Commission to delete definitions relating to
districts; and to revise provisions relating to the composition of grower
nominating committees appointed by the Department of Agriculture.
03/07 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/08 Rpt prt - to Agric Aff
03/15 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/16 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/20 3rd rdg - PASSED - 63-0-7
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
Bedke, Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Cannon,
Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Eskridge,
Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest, Henderson,
Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez, Mathews, McGeachin,
McKague, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart,
Pence, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche, Rydalch, Sali, Sayler, Schaefer,
Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24),
Smylie, Snodgrass, Trail, Wills, Wood
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Bell, Crow, Ellsworth, Jaquet, Raybould,
Stevenson, Mr. Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Pence
Title apvd - to Senate
03/21 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Agric Aff
03/24 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/27 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/29 3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett(Clark),
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 - Corder
Title apvd - to House
03/30 To enrol
03/31 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
04/03 Pres signed - To Governor
04/07 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 365
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. 775
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE ALFALFA AND CLOVER SEED COMMISSION; AMENDING SECTION 22-4203,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE DEFINITIONS RELATING TO DISTRICTS; AND AMENDING SEC-
4 TION 22-4205, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE COMPOSITION
5 OF GROWER NOMINATING COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-
6 TURE.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Section 22-4203, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
9 amended to read as follows:
10 22-4203. DEFINITIONS. Wherever used or referred to in this act, unless
11 the context requires otherwise:
12 (1) "Commission" means the Idaho alfalfa and clover commission.
13 (2) "Grower" means any landowner personally engaged in growing alfalfa
14 seed or clover seed, a tenant personally engaged in growing alfalfa seed or
15 clover seed, or both the owner and the tenant jointly, and includes a person,
16 partnership, association, corporation, cooperative organization, trust,
17 sharecropper or any and all other business units, devices and arrangements
18 that grow alfalfa seed or clover seed.
19 (3) "Dealer" means any person, partnership, association, corporation,
20 cooperative or other business unit or device that first handles, packs, ships,
21 buys and sells alfalfa seed or clover seed, or who acts as sales or purchasing
22 agent, broker or factor of alfalfa seed or clover seed.
23 (4) "Handled in the primary channels of trade" means the time when any
24 alfalfa seed or clover seed is delivered under a sales contract, sold, or
25 delivered for shipment and sale.
26 (5) "Ship" means to load alfalfa seed or clover seed into any mode of
27 conveyance for transport in the channels of trade or to market.
28 (6) "Processor" and "processing plant" mean every person, partnership,
29 association, corporation, cooperative or other business unit or device to whom
30 and every place to which alfalfa seed or clover seed is delivered for clean-
31 ing, packing and blending.
32 (7) "District No. 1" shall consist of the following counties: Ada, Owy-
33 hee, Elmore, Camas, Blaine, Gooding, Lincoln, Minidoka, Jerome, Twin Falls,
34 Cassia, Power, Franklin, Oneida, Bannock, Bear Lake, Caribou, Bonneville,
35 Madison, Teton, Jefferson, Fremont, Butte, Clark and Bingham.
36 (8) "District No. 2" shall consist of the following counties: Boundary,
37 Bonner, Benewah, Shoshone, Kootenai, Nez Perce, Lewis, Latah, Clearwater,
38 Idaho, Valley, Adams, Boise, Gem, Payette, Washington, Canyon, Lemhi and Cus-
39 ter.
40 SECTION 2. That Section 22-4205, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
41 amended to read as follows:
2
1 22-4205. APPOINTMENT OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE -- PRESENTATION OF NOMINEES
2 TO ANNUAL MEETING -- TIME AND PLACE OF ANNUAL MEETING. (1) The director of the
3 department of agriculture shall appoint a grower nominating committee of three
4 (3) growers, from each district, whose responsibility shall be to select a
5 slate of nominees for vacancies occurring on the commission either by expira-
6 tion of term or for other reasons a vacancy may occur. Two (2) grower members
7 shall be nominated by the nominating committee for each vacancy occurring on
8 the commission membership. The nominations of the nominating committee shall
9 be presented to the annual meeting of alfalfa seed and clover seed growers for
10 concurrence in the list of nominees, or for such substitutions to the list as
11 the annual meeting may make by majority vote. Each member nominated for the
12 commission shall be a resident citizen of the state of Idaho for a period of
13 four (4) years prior to his election or selection, shall have active experi-
14 ence in growing alfalfa seed or clover seed and shall be now actually engaged
15 in growing alfalfa seed or clover seed in Idaho and shall derive a substantial
16 portion of his income from growing alfalfa seed or clover seed or be the
17 directing or managing head of a corporation, firm, partnership, or other busi-
18 ness unit which derives a substantial portion of its income from growing
19 alfalfa seed or clover seed. To continue holding office, each member must
20 remain qualified. The governor may remove any member who becomes disqualified
21 during his term of office or who is unable to carry out his duties. The term
22 of office of each member of the commission shall terminate on the last day of
23 June of the year in which the term for which the member was elected ends, but
24 each member of the commission shall serve until his respective successor is
25 elected and has qualified. From such list of nominees, the governor shall des-
26 ignate and appoint one (1) as a member of the commission. Said annual meeting
27 shall be held at a time and place designated by the alfalfa and clover seed
28 growers association with notification mailed to all alfalfa seed and clover
29 seed growers in Idaho.
30 (2) A general meeting of the Idaho Eastern Oregon Seed Association shall
31 nominate two (2) dealers, one (1) of whom shall be appointed as provided for
32 in this act by June 30 of each year, and one (1) of whom shall be designated
33 as alternate.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16214
For purposes of selecting nominees for the Alfalfa and Clover
Seed Commission, Idaho code currently has two districts. With a
reduction in the number of producers and fewer counties involved
in production, it is becoming more difficult to find individuals
willing to serve on the Commission. By removing the district
requirement, finding individuals willing to serve and represent
the industry should become more manageable.
FISCAL NOTE
There is no impact to the general fund.
Contact
Name: Representative Darrell Bolz
Phone: (208) 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 775