AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2008)
Bills Indexed by Subject
AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

: Increases the amount that may be recovered through civil action from a landowner who knowingly allows certain noxious weeds to grow on his or her property

: Exempts certain implements of husbandry used for spraying chemicals or spreading fertilizer for agricultural purposes from the motor vehicle titling, registration, and licensing requirements

: Increases the maximum amount of tax credits that can be annually authorized to eligible lenders participating in the Farmily Farm Livestock Loan Program

: Designates the morel mushroom as the official state mushroom

: Increases the cap on the aggregate of certain agricultural tax credits and extends the expiration date for the Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority to issue tax credits

: Allows all United States residents access to lands owned, managed, or funded by the state for the purpose of riding horses or mules under certain conditions

: Designates spotted knapweed and sericea lespedeza as noxious weeds

: Makes it unlawful for any person to set fire to or to burn trash in an area proclaimed by the Governor to be in danger from fire due to emergency drought conditions

: Requires all food or food products sold in Missouri which are derived from a cloned animal to be labeled indicating that the food is or contains products derived from a cloned animal

: Prohibits any person from possessing dog fighting paraphernalia and adds a penalty for a second or subsequent offense for persons committing acts related to dog fighting

: Changes the laws regarding the administration of agricultural incentives and programs

: Changes the laws regarding the impoundment of an animal suspected of being neglected or abused

: Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from requiring participation in the National Animal Identification System without authorization from the General Assembly

: Authorizes a state and local sales and use tax exemption for fencing materials used for agricultural purposes

: Requires all members of the General Assembly to file a financial interest statement showing whether any state tax credits were claimed on the most recent tax return of the member or the member's family

: Changes the laws regarding the crime of animal neglect

: Allows the owner of an aging equine to deliver the animal to any nonpublic animal shelter or rescue ranch for proper disposal or the humane termination of life

: Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from participating in any national animal identification program under the National Identification System without authorization from the General Assembly

: Prohibits a person from knowingly possessing, harboring, selling, bartering, transferring, exchanging, or importing any wild animal for use as a pet

: Requires persons adopting a dog or cat to pay a $50 fee which is refundable upon verification that the animal has been spayed or neutered

: Changes the laws regarding agricultural programs

: Requires animal-drawn vehicles to display reflective tape meeting certain standards on the rear and on the front corners of the vehicle

: Allows any person selling raw milk or cream to an individual for his or her own use to do so without a permit from the State Milk Board within the Department of Agriculture

: Changes the laws regarding the issuance of construction permits for concentrated animal feeding operations

: Prohibits certain concentrated animal feeding operations facilities from being located near a state park, state historic site, or property listed on the National Register of Historic Landmarks

: Adds farm-raised quail and pheasant to the list of animals considered as livestock as it applies to the crime of stealing

: Prohibits a person from knowingly creating a mixed human-animal embryo, a class D felony

: Creates the Pesticide Fee Fund for the deposit of annual pesticide registration fees for the administration of programs within the Bureau of Pesticide Control in the Department of Agriculture

: Changes the laws regarding weapons

: Creates the crime of removing an electronic or radio transmitting collar from a dog without the permission of the dog's owner with the intent to prevent or hinder the owner from locating the dog

: Authorizes counties to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax to fund county purchases of easements for farmland or natural land preservation

: Establishes the Promoting Missouri Food Products Act and authorizes a tax credit for certain purchasers of Missouri food products

: Changes the laws regarding the Large Animal Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program and the Large Animal Veterinary Student Loan Program

: Creates a cause of action in tort for the wrongful injury or death of a companion animal

: Re-authorizes the tax credits for qualified research expenses, establishes the annual cap at $10 million, limits the qualified research activities, and requires that the credits be issued

: Specifies that certain dairy products will be considered misbranded based on certain labeling claims

: Requires the Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority to implement a livestock feed and crop input loan guarantee program for certain livestock and poultry family farm operations

: Creates the crime of failure to adequately control an animal if the owner intentionally or negligently fails to adequately control his or her animal and it bites or causes physical injury or property damage

: Changes the laws regarding dog fighting

: Changes the laws regarding the ownership, possession, or keeping of certain wild animals and requires them to be registered with the chief law enforcement official in the county where the animal is kept

: Requires the Department of Conservation to pay the owner of a motor vehicle the first $250 of any damage caused to a motor vehicle that collides with a deer

: Requires the Department of Conservation to fence any of its lands which are in excess of 640 acres in a way to sufficiently prevent the ingress and egress of deer

: Prohibits owners, operators, or managers of facilities that harbor animals from knowingly allowing any person paying a fee to kill an animal that is confined, restrainted, or prevented from escaping

: Authorizes a tax credit for retailers who provide at least 15 linear feet of shelf space for AgriMissouri products

: Increases the fine for a driver who fails to yield to a pedestrian with a visual, aural, or physical disability who is using a cane or service dog

: Repeals the Missouri Renewable Fuel Standard Act which requires most retail sales of gasoline in Missouri to include a percentage of ethanol-blended gasoline

: Requests the U.S. Department of Agriculture to add June 1st and September 1st as additional rice reporting dates on the Agricultural Statistics Board calendar

: Urges Congress to strongly support the continuation of horse processing in the United States

SB 738 --- Sponsor: Nodler, Gary
: Modifies penalties for multiple violations of air or water pollution laws by recycling companies that convert animal parts into petroleum

SB 815 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Creates the Farm Mentoring and Education Authority to administer agricultural education programs to incubate new farms

SB 819 --- Sponsor: Purgason, Chuck
: Modifies laws relating to dogs

SB 834 --- Sponsor: Purgason, Chuck
: Modifies laws relating to dogs

SB 838 --- Sponsor: Engler, Kevin
: Allows fuel ethanol produced from qualified biomass to be eligible for certain fuel ethanol production subsidies

SB 847 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes
: Requires farmers to pay a fee for retaining genetically-modified seed

SB 862 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes
: Creates notification requirements prior to entry onto private property to investigate or enforce contracts for certain agricultural products

SB 886 --- Sponsor: Justus, Jolie L.
: Allows any municipality to adopt ordinances, orders, or regulations to control dangerous dogs, provided that no such ordinances, orders, or regulations are specific to breed

SB 898 --- Sponsor: Clemens, Dan
: Modifies provisions pertaining to the administration of agriculture incentives and programs

SB 914 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Creates the Healthy Pet Act

SB 941 --- Sponsor: Clemens, Dan
: Modifies the definition of livestock for which it is a crime to steal, makes stealing certain quail or pheasants a crime, and modifies the penalties for such offenders

SB 942 --- Sponsor: Clemens, Dan
: Places per-year maximum dollar amounts on the amount of loans that can be made and forgiven by the Department of Agriculture through the Large Animal Veterinary Student Loan Program

SB 971 --- Sponsor: Clemens, Dan
: Changes the official state game bird to the Kansas Jayhawk

SB 982 --- Sponsor: Purgason, Chuck
: Modifies laws relating to dogs

SB 1032 --- Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
: Modifies provisions relating to dangerous animal registration

SB 1111 --- Sponsor: Clemens, Dan
: Modifies license requirements for grain dealers and public grain warehouses

SB 1279 --- Sponsor: Clemens, Dan
: Creates criteria for when certain dairy products shall be considered misbranded

SB 1280 --- Sponsor: Clemens, Dan
: Creates the Livestock Feed and Crop Input Loan Guarantee Program

SCR 29 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Requests the U.S. Department of Agriculture to add June 1st and September 1st as additional rice reporting dates on the Agricultural Statistics Board calendar

SCR 34 --- Sponsor: Purgason, Chuck
: Urges the U.S. Department of Agriculture to keep the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) voluntary

SCR 35 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes
: Urges the U.S. Congress to support the continuation of horse processing in the United States

SCR 37 --- Sponsor: Gibbons, Michael R.
: Encourages the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to not implement a spring rise on the Missouri River

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated May 27, 2008 at 4:56 pm