AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

Missouri House of Representatives
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AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
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: Creates crime of failure to control a vicious animal, and allows impoundment pending verdict and humane killing upon plea or finding of guilt.

: Creates crime of bestiality.

: Revises definitions for forestry and application process to designate land as forest croplands, and creates a forest landowner cost-share incentive program.

: Revises definitions for forestry and application process to designate land as forest croplands, and creates a forest landowner cost-share incentive program.

: Designates portions of various highways. Names state horse.

: Creates a tax credit for personal property tax paid on agricultural crops and machinery.

: Requires various specifications for blended fuels.

: Creates a state income tax credit for certain small employers who provide health insurance for eligible employees.

: Establishes the rights of persons who use service animals and prohibits sexual conduct with animals.

: Amends exotic animal registration by requiring it be done within 2 weeks of coming into possession of the animal and expands definition of exotic.

: Changes hearing requirements in real property classification and assessment hearings.

: Reduces retailers license fee to zero and dealers fee for 1-25 cases of eggs to zero.

: Requires court to order counseling or psychological treatment for children who are cruel to animals and requires parents to pay for it.

: Creates crime of failure to confine a dog and exceptions to that crime.

: Revises laws on agriculture.

: Regulates hay rides.

: Creates special license plates for Animal Friendly License Plate Association.

: Provides sales tax exemption for admission fees and sales tax related to pheasant hunting.

: Requires farmers who plant patented seed and retain seed from the harvest for planting the following planting season to pay fee which will be deposited in the Genetically Engineerered Seed Fund.

: Authorizes a tax credit for investments in certain eligible new generation cooperatives.

: Repeals and enacts section 578.008 without any changes which created the crime of spreading disease to livestock or animals.

: Requires Missouri Department of Transportation to implement a program that provides for use of alternative fuels in its vehicle fleet and heavy equipment that use diesel fuel.

: Makes it a crime to have sexual contact with a resident of a long-term care facility or an inmate.

: Revises definitions for forestry and application process to designate land as forest croplands, and creates a forest landowner cost-share incentive program.

: Amends exotic animal registration by requiring it be done within two weeks of coming into possession of the animal.

: Requires drivers to obey a law enforcement officer's signal to stop.

: Extends the drinking water primacy fee, authorizes bonds for various water projects, and revises water and sewer laws.

: Requires that any canine acquired by a law enforcement agency after July 1, 2002, must be trained and certified along with its handler before it can be used.

: Revises certain provisions of the Animal Research and Production Facilities Protection Act.

: Allows additional time for ethanol producers to collect from the Missouri Qualified Fuel Ethanol Producer Incentive Fund and revises equipment repurchase law.

: Requires contract provision which allows farmers to plant genetically enhanced seed on their own land.

: Creates the "Missouri Biodiesel Incentive Fund".

: Makes Adrian, Missouri, the purple martin capital of the state.

: Creates Missouri Agricultural Products Marketing Development Fund and Citizens' Advisory Commission for Marketing Missouri Agricultural Products. Develops standards and labeling for organic farming.

: Specifies which inventory qualifies for repurchase from the retailer and which does not qualify.

: Enacts the Poultry Producer Protection Act.

: Makes the fox trotting horse the official state horse.

: Creates a statutory lien for production contracts involving production of commodities.

: Creates the Breimyer Center for Sustainable Food and Farming Systems.

: Authorizes a sales tax for funding rural economic development.

: Permits the Director of the Department of Agriculture to participate in the reimportation of genetically enhanced seed.

: Creates "Pesticide Project Fund".

: Designates Menfro soil as the official state soil of Missouri.

: Encourages the Animal and Plant Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture to develop a permanent electronic information program to track livestock from farm to table.

: Approves funding for an agricultural research and demonstration center for the Springfield campus of Southwest Missouri State University.

: Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to hunt, fish, and harvest game.

: Proposes a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to hunt, fish, or harvest game.

: Modifies production requirements for sellers of jams and jellies.

: Creates the Invasive Species Council.

: Requires posting of notice and limits times for application of pesticides, insecticides and herbicides.

: Exempts ethanol from oxygenate labeling requirement.

: Changes the assessment renewal on boll weevil eradication from five years to ten years.

: Exempts ethanol from oxygenate labeling requirement.

: Creates crime of promoting or providing a Mexican Poker contest.

: Exempts ethanol from oxygenate labeling requirement.

: Creates the "Missouri Biomass Technology Commission".

: Exempts ethanol from oxygenate labeling requirement.

: Creates several funds and boards relating to agriculture.

: Revises provisions relating to water permitting for aquaculture facilities.

: Creates the Breimyer Center for Sustainable Food and Farming Systems.

: Makes the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse the official horse of Missouri.

: Creates "Pesticide Project Fund".

: Provides for contract provisions in purchase agreements for genetically enhanced seed.

: Removes the Department of Health from dairy inspection.

: Revises laws relating to contracts of farm equipment.

: Designates Menfro soil as the official state soil of Missouri.

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Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:08 am