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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE RESOLUTION
1 3 BY CHAIRPERSON DRAKE)
1 4 A Concurrent Resolution requesting the legislative
1 5 council to establish an interim study committee to
1 6 examine issues relating to fees imposed, assessed,
1 7 and collected by the department of agriculture and
1 8 land stewardship.
1 9 WHEREAS, the department of agriculture and land
1 10 stewardship provides a number of functions and
1 11 services, including but not limited to the
1 12 administration and management of agricultural
1 13 resources; animal and plant health and production;
1 14 meat and poultry inspection; market research and
1 15 education; the protection of producers; and the
1 16 inspection of standards, weights, and measures; and
1 17 WHEREAS, many of the functions and services
1 18 provided by the department are supported by fees
1 19 established by statute and which have not have been
1 20 examined by the general assembly for years or decades;
1 21 and
1 22 WHEREAS, it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive
1 23 legislative examination of issues relating to fees
1 24 imposed, assessed, and collected by the department,
1 25 including whether statutes setting such fees should be
1 26 amended in order to comply with modern practice and
1 27 departmental responsibilities; NOW THEREFORE,
1 28 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
1 29 SENATE CONCURRING, That the legislative council is
1 30 requested to establish an interim study committee to
2 1 conduct an examination of fees imposed, assessed, and
2 2 collected by the department and of the necessity of
2 3 those fees in performing its functions and services;
2 4 and
2 5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the interim study
2 6 committee's final report should be submitted to the
2 7 legislative council and the general assembly by the
2 8 beginning of the 2005 Session of the Eighty-first
2 9 General Assembly.
2 10 LSB 6466HC 80
2 11 da/pj/5
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