AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

Missouri House of Representatives
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AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
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: Changes the makeup of the State Fair Commission.

: Allows certain counties to enact ordinance in unincorporated areas for dog control.

: Raises tax credit availability for new generation cooperatives to thirty million dollars.

: Repeals $100 permit fee for oversized loads of farmers, revises length limits on certain motor vehicles, and requires agricultural and lawn inventory repurchase on termination of a dealership.

: Changes farm machinery inventory repurchase law.

: Requires rezoning of property to other than agricultural before the use of eminent domain under the tax increment financing statute.

: Raises tax credit availability for new generation cooperatives to thirty million dollars and increases maximum credit per taxpayer to fifty thousand dollars.

: Revises fish and game laws.

: Names kudzu a noxious weed and provides liability for persons who allow kudzu to grow to another's property.

: Changes the fencing law.

: Creates tax exemptions and credits.

: Exempts certain farm wagons from licensing requirements.

: Classifies llamas as livestock.

: Creates an income tax credit for personal property taxes paid on agricultural crops and machinery.

: Regulates livestock sales.

: Makes engaging in sexual conduct with animals (bestiality) a class D felony.

: Requires the Department of Agriculture to develop standards for organic farming and expands neighborhood assistance to include farmer's markets.

: Limits collection of certain public improvement assessments against agricultural or horticultural property.

: Eliminates fees for inspection of certain measuring devices and changes the fee for precision calibration.

: Adds llamas to the definition of livestock.

: Revises laws on agricultural marketing and rural economic development.

: Names the Missouri Foxtrotter as the state horse.

: Adds certain plants to the noxious weed list.

: Changes egg dealers' and retailers' licensing fees.

: Regulates the taking and killing of feral hogs.

: Creates the farmland preservation enabling act.

: Creates an income tax credit for advertising costs of Missouri retailers which promote value-added agricultural products produced in this state by Missouri businesses.

: Designates Menfro soil as the state soil.

: Designates cut-leaved teasel, common teasel and kudzu vine as noxious weeds.

: Revises the linked deposit loans program.

: Creates an income tax credit for certain farmers and farming corporations in an amount equal to ten percent of the cost of items allowed as an expense election pursuant to section 179 of the IRC.

: Requires the Department of Conservation to be financially responsible for wild elk in the state.

: Changes regulation of specialized motor vehicle license plates and authorizes several new specialized plates.

: Exempts certain transportation of farm products from oversize load permits.

: Creates special license plate bearing the emblem of the Pet Population Control Trust Fund.

: Prohibits the buying and selling of stolen pets and creates the missing and stolen pet registry.

: Revises the procedure for approval of proposed agricultural and horticultural productive land values.

: Creates the animal shelter grant fund.

: Creates the large animal veterinary medicine loan repayment program.

: Urges Congress to take certain actions regarding agricultural consolidation.

: Urges the U.S. Congress to address the issue of increased fuel prices by developing domestic sources to reduce our dependency on foreign sources of fuel.

: Permits the 4-H Youth Forum to use the House Chamber for their mock legislature on June 29, 2000.

: Revises the composition of the Soil and Water Conservation Commission.

: Creates the Agribusiness Development Authority.

: Creates grants for diversification of communities with economies dependent on tobacco production.

: Creates crime of theft of service.

: Requires statutory authorization for federal acquisition of land for certain uses.

: Changes penalties for hunting violations and expunges misdemeanor convictions after three years.

: Classifies llamas as livestock.

: Authorizes state income tax deduction for contributions of qualified commodities to charitable organizations.

: Relating to invasive species management.

: Establishes fees for inspection of Animal Care Faacilities.

: Requires the wholesaler to repurchase certain parts and equipment when the dealership dissolves.

: Limits farm product sales by soil and water conservation districts.

: Prohibits discrimination in livestock purchasing and creates registration for stockyards.

: Creates the Missouri Agricultural Advocates Office.

: Creates new provisions relating to trespassing.

: The Department of Conservation is responsible for damage caused by wild elk.

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Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated September 11, 2000 at 2:52 pm