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H0044...............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
NURSERIES AND FLORISTS - Amends existing law relating to nurseries and
florists to provide for a special nursery research and education account;
and to provide for distribution of funds from the account.
01/23 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/24 Rpt prt - to Agric Aff
02/13 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/14 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/16 3rd rdg - PASSED - 68-0-2
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
Bock, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew, Clark,
Collins, Crane, Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge, Hart, Harwood, Henbest,
Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake, LeFavour,
Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Moyle,
Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ring,
Ringo, Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2),
Shepherd(8), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass,
Stevenson, Thayn, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr.
Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Block, Hagedorn
Floor Sponsor - Shirley
Title apvd - to Senate
02/19 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Agric Aff
02/28 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/01 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/06 3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
Cameron, Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Geddes, Goedde,
Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little,
Lodge, Malepeai, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson,
Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Gannon, Schroeder
Floor Sponsor - Corder
Title apvd - to House
03/07 To enrol
03/08 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/09 Pres signed - To Governor
03/12 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 52
Effective: 07/01/07
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 44
BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO NURSERIES AND FLORISTS; AMENDING SECTION 22-2323, IDAHO CODE, TO
3 PROVIDE FOR A SPECIAL NURSERY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACCOUNT AND TO PRO-
4 VIDE FOR DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FROM THE ACCOUNT.
5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 SECTION 1. That Section 22-2323, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
7 amended to read as follows:
8 22-2323. DISPOSITION AND USE OF MONEY RECEIVED. Fees collected shall be
9 paid into the state treasury and credited to the agriculture inspection
10 account created by section 22-104, Idaho Code, and such fees shall be used
11 only to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Additionally, twenty-five
12 dollars ($25.00) from each license fee collected under this chapter shall be
13 credited to a special nursery research and education account. The state nurs-
14 ery and florist advisory committee shall approve the distribution of research
15 and education funds to further educational outreach and research into nursery
16 and floral production and pest control.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16494
A portion of license fees ($25.00) paid by nurseries and
florists goes into a research account. Section 22-2323, Idaho
Code provides for the disbursement of those funds for nursery
and floral research concerning production and pest control. Both
the nursery and floral industries have expressed the need for
authority to support educational outreach.
FISCAL NOTE
This is a dedicated fund program and no additional funds will be
collected. Existing funds would be budgeted for educational
efforts by the Nursery and Florists advisory committee.
CONTACT
Name: Michael Cooper
Agency: Agriculture, Dept. of
Phone: 332-8620
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 44