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First Substitute H.B. 124

This document includes House Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Fri, Feb 9, 2007 at 3:59 PM by jeyring. -->

Representative Ronda Rudd Menlove proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION

             2     
2007 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Ronda Rudd Menlove

             5     
Senate Sponsor: Darin G. Peterson

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill directs the Department of Agriculture and Food to promote agricultural
             10      education in the state.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    directs the department to work with the State Board of Education to promote
             14      agricultural education; and
             15          .    makes technical changes.
             16      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             17          This bill appropriates as an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints,
             18      $50,000 from the Education Fund for fiscal year 2007-08 to the State Board of
             19      Education.
             20      Other Special Clauses:
             21          None
             22      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             23      AMENDS:
             24          4-2-2, as last amended by Chapter 139, Laws of Utah 2003
             25     


             26      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             27          Section 1. Section 4-2-2 is amended to read:
             28           4-2-2. Functions, powers, and duties of department -- Fees for services --
             29      Marketing orders -- Procedure.
             30          (1) The department [has and shall exercise the following functions, powers, and duties]
             31      shall:
             32          (a) [to] inquire into and promote the interests and products of agriculture and its allied
             33      industries;
             34          (b) [to] promote methods for increasing the production and facilitating the distribution
             35      of the agricultural products of the state;
             36          (c) (i) [to] inquire into the cause of contagious, infectious, and communicable diseases
             37      among livestock and the means for their prevention and cure; and
             38          (ii) [to] initiate, implement, and administer plans and programs to prevent the spread of
             39      diseases among livestock;
             40          (d) [to] encourage experiments designed to determine the best means and methods for
             41      the control of diseases among domestic and wild animals;
             42          (e) [to] issue marketing orders for any designated agricultural product to:
             43          (i) promote orderly market conditions for any product;
             44          (ii) give the producer a fair return on the producer's investment at the marketplace; and
             45          (iii) only promote and not restrict or restrain the marketing of Utah agricultural
             46      commodities;
             47          (f) [to] administer and enforce all laws assigned to the department by the Legislature;
             48          (g) [to] establish standards and grades for agricultural products and fix and collect
             49      reasonable fees for services performed by the department in conjunction with the grading of
             50      agricultural products;
             51          (h) [to] establish operational standards for any establishment [which] that
             52      manufactures, processes, produces, distributes, stores, sells, or offers for sale any agricultural
             53      product;
             54          (i) [to promulgate, subject to] adopt, according to Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah
             55      Administrative Rulemaking Act, rules necessary for the effective administration of the
             56      agricultural laws of the state;


             57          (j) [to] when necessary, make investigations, subpoena witnesses and records, conduct
             58      hearings, issue orders, and make recommendations concerning all matters related to
             59      agriculture;
             60          (k) (i) [to] inspect any nursery, orchard, farm, garden, park, cemetery, greenhouse, or
             61      any private or public place [which] that may become infested or infected with harmful insects,
             62      plant diseases, noxious or poisonous weeds, or other agricultural pests;
             63          (ii) [to] establish and enforce quarantines;
             64          (iii) [to] issue and enforce orders and [regulations] rules for the control and eradication
             65      of pests, wherever they may exist within the state; and
             66          (iv) [to] perform other duties relating to plants and plant products considered advisable
             67      and not contrary to law;
             68          (l) [to] inspect apiaries for diseases inimical to bees and beekeeping;
             69          (m) [to] take charge of any agricultural exhibit within the state, if considered necessary
             70      by the department, and award premiums at that exhibit;
             71          (n) [to] assist the Soil Conservation Commission in the administration of Title 4,
             72      Chapter 18, Soil Conservation Commission Act, and administer and disburse any funds [which
             73      are] available [for the purpose of assisting] to assist soil conservation districts in the state in the
             74      conservation of the state's soil and water resources; [and]
             75          (o) work with the State Board of Education to promote agricultural education in the
             76      state; and
             77          [(o) to] (p) perform any additional functions, powers, and duties provided by law.
             78          (2) [Unless otherwise provided by statute, the] The department, by following the
             79      procedures and requirements of Section 63-38-3.2 , may adopt a schedule of fees assessed for
             80      services provided by the department. [The fee shall be reasonable and fair, and shall be
             81      submitted to and approved by the Legislature as part of the department's annual appropriations
             82      request. The department may not charge or collect any fee proposed in this manner without
             83      approval by the Legislature.]
             84          (3) (a) No marketing order issued under Subsection (1)(e) is effective until:
             85          (i) notice of the proposed order is given to the producers and handlers of the affected
             86      product;
             87          (ii) a hearing conducted by the commissioner is held on the proposed order; and


             88          (iii) at least 50% of the registered producers and handlers of the affected products vote
             89      in favor of the proposed order.
             90          (b) The department may establish boards of control to administer marketing orders and
             91      the proceeds derived from any order. It shall be the responsibility of a board of control to:
             92          (i) ensure that all proceeds are placed in an account in the name of the board of control
             93      in a depository institution; and
             94          (ii) ensure that the account is annually audited by an accountant approved by the
             95      commissioner.
             96          (4) Funds collected by grain grading, as provided by Subsection (1)(g), shall be
             97      deposited in the General Fund as nonlapsing dedicated credits for the grain grading program.
             98          Section 2. Appropriation.
             99          (1) As an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, there is
             100      appropriated from the Education Fund for fiscal year 2007-08 $50,000 to the State Board of
             101      Education.
             102          (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Board of Education use:
             103          (a) $25,000 of the monies appropriated in Subsection (1) to fund agricultural classes
             104      and programs in middle and junior high schools that are developed in cooperation with the
             105      Department of Agriculture and Food; and
             106          (b) $25,000 of the monies appropriated in Subsection (1) to support the delivery of
             107      agricultural production classes in high schools that are developed in cooperation with H. the .H
             108      Department of Agriculture and Food.


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