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Committees pass resolution encouraging county biosecurity plans after testimony on preemption gaps
Summary
Lawmakers passed HCR 42, which urges counties to develop biosecurity plans; testimony from invasive-species experts highlighted a court-created implied preemption that limits county regulation of noxious weeds and recommended including proposed state and county legislative changes in local plans.
The Senate committees on Agriculture and Environment and the Economic and Infrastructure committee on April 11 passed HCR 42, HD 1, a resolution encouraging each county to establish a biosecurity plan that prioritizes county needs and identifies proposed legislative changes at state and county levels.
Stephanie Easley, representing the coordinating group on alien pest species, told the committees that counties play a…
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