AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

Missouri House of Representatives
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AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
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: Allows a tax credit for up to fifty percent of any cash fund investments made in eligible new generation processing entities.

: Establishes a pesticide project fund to distribute moneys to applicants whose projects meet the eligibility requirements regarding pesticides and agricultural educational efforts.

: Authorizes a tax credit for investments in certain eligible new generation cooperatives.

: Allows a tax credit of up to fifty percent of cash fund investments in eligible new generation processing entities.

: Creates special license plate for members of the Missouri Foxtrotting Horse Breed Association.

: Requires law enforcement to inform landowners of breaches in fencing when noticed.

: Designates big bluestem grass as the official grass of the state of Missouri.

: Enacts the Missouri Calcium Initiative which gives purchasing preference to foods and beverages containing high levels of calcium.

: Exempts sponsors of certain fishing contests from the Department of Conservation's fishing permit and licensing requirements and allows certain hand fishing.

: Requires restitution to the state for illegally taking deer and authorizes Conservation Commission to suspend, revoke, or deny a permit to hunt.

: Allows specific agricultural tax credits to be taken on a quarterly basis and makes several revisions in laws on agriculture.

: Establishes the rights of persons who utilize service animals.

: Amends the Animal Research and Production Facilities Protection Act.

: Establishes a pesticide project fund.

: Requires the Department of Conservation to pay the first two hundred fifty dollars of damages to a motor vehicle that collides with a deer.

: Amends the definition of "livestock" in state statute to include American bison or buffalo.

: Regulates the taking of farmland and easements by eminent domain.

: Enacts the Missouri Seed Availability and Competition Act.

: Designates the city of Adrian as the purple martin capital of the state.

: Increases the amount borrowers can be guaranteed from the Single Purpose Animal Facilities Loan Guarantee Fund.

: Amends various provisions relating to concentrated animal feed operations.

: Designates the gray bat as the official flying mammal of Missouri.

: Expands the definition of livestock to include all members of the family Cervidae.

: Designates the Norton/Cynthiana grape as the official state grape of the State of Missouri.

: Encourages the Animal and Plant Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture to develop a permanent electronic information program to track livestock from farm to table.

: Encourages the University of Missouri-Columbia Veterinary School to establish a biosafety level 3 lab for the handling of animal and plant infectious agents.

: Urges the United States Department of Agriculture to promulgate rules related to the country of origin labeling for beef requirements that maximize benefits to producers and consumers.

: Proposes a constitutional amendment preserving the right to hunt, fish, and harvest game.

: Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring four-sevenths majority vote on initiatives relating to fish and wildlife management.

: Urges Congress to adopt measures to provide assistance to farmers and ranchers during severe droughts.

: Creates the "Missouri Biomass Technology Commission".

: Allows specific agricultural tax credits to be taken on a quarterly basis.

: Creates the Invasive Species Council.

: Allows fishing contests to be conducted without a permit.

: Re-enacts legislation repealed by a prior unconstitutional bill.

: Establishes "Big Bluestem" as the official state grass.

: Students participation in FFA, FHA, FCCLA, 4-H, and State Fair competitions to count as attendance for purpose of state school aid.

: Increases the amount borrowers can be guaranteed from the Single Purpose Animal Facilities Loan Guarantee Fund.

: Changes minimum age of defendant for the crime of murder from sixteen to eighteen.

: Limits taking farmland by eminent domain.

: Creates Pesticide Project Fund.

: Extends the carry-back operating losses from farming from 2 years to 3 years.

: Deletes the term "elk" from the definition of livestock and adds the term "cervidae".

: Repeals the Small Business Guaranty Fee Tax Credit.

: Exempts natural gas used in the production of ethanol from taxation.

: Allows County Agricultural and Mechanical Societies to borrow money and mortgage property.

: Money collected from Pesticide registration deposited in the Missouri qualified fuel ethanol producer incentive fund.

: The state board of education shall promulgate rules regarding model school district healthy dietary guidelines.

: Makes the Norton/Cynthiana grape the official state grape.

: Excludes agricultural stormwater discharges and return flows from irrigated agriculture from clean water provisions.

: Requires Clean Water Commission to regulate animal feeding operations.

: Makes it a crime to photograph or release a pathogen or disease into animal research and production facility.

: Decreases the number of employees in an employee-qualified capital project from 100 to 60 in order to receive a New Generation Cooperative Incentive Tax Credit.

: Creates the Missouri Rural Economic Stimulus Act.

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