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H.B. 88
This document includes House Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:11 PM by jeyring. --> 1
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill creates the Agriculture Sustainability Task Force.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 . creates a task force to study ways to sustain the agricultural industry.
13 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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15 Other Special Clauses:
16 This bill is repealed on November 30, 2011.
17 Uncodified Material Affected:
18 ENACTS UNCODIFIED MATERIAL
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20 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
21 Section 1. Agriculture Sustainability Task Force -- Creation -- Membership --
22 Quorum -- Compensation -- Staff.
23 (1) There is created the Agriculture Sustainability Task Force consisting of the
24 following 15 members:
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25a no more than
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27a speaker of the
28 House of Representatives, no more than H. [
28a political party;
29 (c) the lieutenant governor or the lieutenant governor's designee;
30 (d) the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture or the commissioner's designee;
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32 (e) the H. [
33 (2) (a) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed
34 under Subsection (1)(a) as a cochair of the task force.
35 (b) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the House
36 of Representatives appointed under Subsection (1)(b) as a cochair of the task force.
37 (3) A majority of the members of the task force constitute a quorum. The action of a
38 majority of a quorum constitutes the action of the task force.
39 (4) A non-legislative member of the task force may not receive compensation or
40 benefits for the member's service, but may receive per diem and travel expenses in accordance
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42 (a) Section 63A-3-106 ;
43 (b) Section 63A-3-107 ; and
44 (c) rules made by the Division of Finance pursuant to Sections 63A-3-106 and
45 63A-3-107 .
46 (5) Salaries and expenses of a legislator who is a member of the task force shall be paid
47 in accordance with Section 36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rules, Title 5, Chapter 3, Expense and
48 Mileage Reimbursement for Authorized Legislative Meetings, Special Sessions, and Veto
49 Override Sessions.
50 (6) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support
51 to the task force.
52 Section 2. Duties -- Interim report.
53 (1) The task force may review and make recommendations on:
54 (a) ways to sustain and strengthen the agriculture industry as an integral part of the
55 state's economy;
56 (b) the loss of productive agricultural land to other uses;
57 (c) the effect of markets and prices on agricultural production;
58 (d) the effect of government regulations on production agriculture; and
59 (e) any other relevant issue that affects the sustainability of the agriculture industry.
60 (2) A final report, including any proposed legislation, shall be presented to the Natural
61 Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee before November 30, 2011.
62 Section 3. Repeal date.
63 This bill is repealed on November 30, 2011.
Legislative Review Note
as of 1-27-11 12:59 PM