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Committee divided over bean commission assessment; substitute motion holds increase in committee
Summary
Senate Bill 1054, which would raise the Idaho Bean Commission assessment from 12¢ per hundredweight toward a proposed 16¢ rate (with statutory cap up to 24¢), prompted supportive testimony from industry but drew procedural objections and a substitute motion to hold the bill in committee passed.
Representative John Shirts introduced Senate Bill 1054 on behalf of the Idaho Bean Commission, saying the measure updates a long-dormant assessment that was last changed decades ago. "This raises the current bean commission rate from 12¢ a hundred weight to 16¢ and up to potentially 24¢," Shirts said. He and supporters noted the last increase dated to the early 1990s and said the assessment does not use general fund money. "It doesn't even keep up for the inflationary pressures," Shirts said.
The commission's executive director, Andy Wolf Wybie, told the committee the…
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