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House Journal: Page 2083: Friday, April 28, 1995

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 1   the manure management plan is submitted."
 2     93.  Page 23, line 15, by striking the word and
 3   figures "March 31, 2005" and inserting the following:
 4   "July 1, 1995".
 5     94.  Page 25, line 4, by striking the word
 6   "Seventy-fifth" and inserting the following:
 7   "Seventy-sixth".
 8     95.  Page 25, line 16, by striking the word
 9   "shall" and inserting the following:  "may".
10     96.  Page 25, line 19, by inserting after the
11   figure "266.39." the following:  "The identity of the
12   ten animal feeding operations shall be confidential
13   and not subject to chapter 22.  The findings of the
14   study shall not be used in a case or proceeding
15   brought against a person based upon a violation of
16   state law."
17     97.  Page 25, by inserting after line 21, the
18   following:
19     "Sec. ___.  INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE -- LIVESTOCK
20   PRODUCTION.
21     1.  The legislative council is requested to
22   establish an interim study committee to examine the
23   practices engaged in by packers, processors, and
24   buyers, including persons regulated by the grain
25   inspection, packers and stockyards administration,
26   United States department of agriculture, under the
27   federal Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, as
28   amended, 21 U.S.C. </g> 181, et seq.  The interim
29   committee shall study the following issues:
30     a.  The increasing degree of vertical integration
31   of the livestock market by packers and processors,
32   including threats to economic competition, independent
33   production, and consumer protection.
34     b.  Market practices engaged in by packers,
35   processors, or buyers which increasingly threaten open
36   and fair markets, by establishing arbitrary and
37   inconsistent pricing without public disclosure or
38   price discovery mechanisms, including price
39   differences based on the time of delivery, transaction
40   volume, and private pricing arrangements under
41   contract.
42     2.  The interim committee shall hold a public
43   hearing in each congressional district.
44     3.  The interim committee shall report its findings
45   and recommendations to the general assembly not later
46   than the first day of the 1996 legislative session,
47   unless another date is established by the legislative
48   council."
49     98.  Page 25, by inserting before line 22 the
50   following:

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