SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1842

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 

 

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE MYERS.

                  Read 1st time February 22, 2006 and copies ordered printed.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 266, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to plant biotechnology.




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 266.013, to read as follows:

            266.013. 1. The provisions of sections 266.011 to 266.111 are of statewide concern and occupy the entire field of regulation regarding the registration, labeling, sale, storage, transportation, distribution, notification of use, use, and planting of seeds and other propagules to the exclusion of all local ordinances or regulations. Except as otherwise specifically provided in sections 266.011 to 266.111, no ordinance or regulation of any political subdivision shall prohibit or in any way attempt to regulate any matter relating to the registration, labeling, sale, storage, transportation, processing, distribution, notification of use, use, or planting of seeds and other propagules.

            2. The state of Missouri shall not promulgate nor enforce any rules that are more restrictive than federal rules and regulations regarding the research, development, and use of seed and other propagule technologies.

            3. The provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall not preempt county or city local zoning ordinances governing the physical location of seed facilities.