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Senate committee backs printing of RS 32027 to strengthen "Right to Farm" protections
Summary
The Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee voted to print RS 32027, a proposal to amend Idaho's Right to Farm protections to allow recovery of attorney fees for prevailing agricultural operators and to penalize repeat meritless complaints to state or local agencies.
Todd Lakey, State Senator from District 23, presented RS 32027, the Idaho Right to Farm Act, to the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee and asked that the committee print the proposed legislation. Lakey said the bill is intended to protect lawfully operating agricultural businesses from nuisance lawsuits and from repeat, meritless administrative complaints that burden producers and agencies.
The bill contains two primary provisions. First, if a farmer is sued on a nuisance claim and…
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