House Agriculture Committee approves Idaho Oilseed Commission rule rewrite and hears commission presentation

BOISE — The House Agriculture Affairs Committee voted to recommend approval of an administrative rule rewrite for the Idaho Oilseed Commission and then heard a briefing from the commission’s administrator on the commission’s budget, research programs and markets.

The committee approved a motion to recommend the docket for the Idaho Oilseed Commission’s rule changes after a voice vote. Representative Nannie McCann moved to recommend approval of the docket; no second was recorded on the transcript and no members voiced opposition.

The approved rewrite, as presented, removes duplicative language across the commission’s administrative chapter and specifically eliminates a refund-application provision that the presenter said conflicts with state statute. "My name is Paci LaRacia Phillips, and I stand before you today as the administrator of the Idaho Oilseed Commission," Administrator Paci LaRacia Phillips told the committee. Phillips said the chapter rewrite…