Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Agenda 01/27/2004 10:00 AM

Committee:    Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources
Room:    423
Date:    Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Time:    10:00 AM

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         SB 69     establish a fee upon the planting of patented seed, to extend certain civil immunity to the planting of patented seed, and to make misappropriation of patented seed a felony.
             Senators Kloucek, Kooistra, Moore, and Nachtigal and Representatives Lange, Bartling, Begalka, Fryslie, Gillespie, Hanson, and Kroger

         SB 120     revise the starting and ending dates for the state fair.
             Senator Kloucek and Representative Begalka

         SB 121     regulate certain agricultural production contracts.
             Senators Kloucek, Koetzle, Kooistra, Moore, and Nachtigal and Representatives Gassman, Begalka, Engels, Gillespie, Peterson (Jim), Sigdestad, and Valandra

         HB 1026     repeal certain provisions specifying the organization of the Department of Agriculture.
             The Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources at the request of the Department of Agriculture

NOTE: The above bills will be taken up in this order for a hearing on the date noted. If circumstances do not permit a hearing on this date then a hearing will be held at a future meeting of the committee to be determined by the chair. Action on a bill may come at any time after it has had a hearing.