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Senate conferees propose narrowing nuisance protections for agricultural activities
Summary
Legislative counsel described a Senate amendment to a pending bill that would limit when statutory nuisance protections shield agricultural activities, adding requirements that plaintiffs produce objective medical or scientific evidence showing the ag activity was the sole cause of harm or interference.
Legislative counsel Mike O'Grady told conferees during a briefing that the Senate plans to accept a House amendment to bill "S 50 five" while offering a further amendment to how nuisance protections apply to agricultural activities under Section 57.53.
The proposed change would keep an existing exception for nuisance claims based on negligent operation of an agricultural activity but would add stricter standards for other claims. Under the Senate’s draft, a plaintiff would overcome nuisance…
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