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2016 SESSION
HB 1094 Commodity boards; member nominations and terms, assessments, report.
Introduced by: Michael J. Webert | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Commodity boards; member nominations and terms; assessments. Alters the member nomination process and other functions of commodity boards that deal with apples, the beef industry, eggs, the horse industry, potatoes, peanuts, and the sheep industry. The bill removes the 30-day or 90-day deadline for submission of industry nominees for a seat on certain boards, as well as any requirement that there be two or more nominations for each seat. The bill repeals certain board-specific provisions related to appointments and creates in their place general provisions, applicable to a number of boards, which provide for four-year terms for any new appointments made on and after July 1, 2016, that a majority of the board constitutes a quorum, for the election of officers, and policies establishing no compensation for attendance at meetings but reimbursement for expenses of board members.
The bill makes specific changes to individual boards, including (i) reducing the size of the Apple Board from nine to six members and adding Campbell County to the list of commercial apple-producing districts; (ii) conforming the Cotton Board assessment of 85 cents per bale to the current rate, as authorized by a 2006 referendum, of 95 cents per bale; and (iii) reducing the size of the Peanut Board from nine to eight members and removing employees of that board from eligibility for payment from the Peanut Fund.
The bill directs the Tax Commissioner, upon request, to provide to the Egg Board copies of reports of the gross volume of products handled by each handler within the industry. The bill also bars the enforcement of certain commodity board laws that are expressly preempted by a federal act or agreement. Finally, the bill suspends until July 1, 2018, the collection of the cattle assessment by the Beef Industry Council (the Council) and directs the Council to survey industry members about the Council's utility and to report its findings to the General Assembly by January 1, 2018.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103662D pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/16 House: Printed as engrossed 16103662D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1094ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/29/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0565) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103662D
- 01/13/16 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/25/16 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 02/01/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/16 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/16 House: Read first time
- 02/05/16 House: Read second time
- 02/05/16 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/05/16 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1094E
- 02/05/16 House: Printed as engrossed 16103662D-E
- 02/08/16 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/25/16 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/16 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/16 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/01/16 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 03/01/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/01/16 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/03/16 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/16 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/16 House: Enrolled
- 03/04/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1094ER)
- 03/04/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/08/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/8/2016
- 03/08/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 03/29/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 565 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/29/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0565)