SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 2150

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SHOEMYER (9).

Read 1st time March 12, 2002, and 1000 copies ordered printed.

TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 266, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to genetically modified organisms.



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Chapter 266, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 266.143, to read as follows:

266.143. 1. The director of the department of agriculture, or the director's designee, may participate in the reimportation of genetically enhanced seed (GES) from countries outside the United States if such reimportation is at a discount in price relative to the same or similar price of such genetically enhanced seed which could be purchased in the domestic market.

2. For purposes of this section, "genetically enhanced seed" or "(GES)" means genetically modified or enhanced seed used in the production of principal agricultural crops, such as soybeans, cotton, wheat, rice, and other principal grain and oilseed crops. GES does not include vegetable, nut, or fruit crops.


Missouri House of Representatives