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Senator Lakey presents draft Idaho Right to Farm Act; committee votes to print RS32027
Summary
Sen. Todd Lakey presented RS32027, a proposed amendment to Idaho Right to Farm law designed to let prevailing, lawfully operating agricultural producers recover attorney fees and to penalize repeated meritless complaints; committee voted to print the RS for further drafting.
Senator Todd Lakey, a state senator from District 23, presented RS32027 to the Idaho Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee, proposing changes to Idaho's Right to Farm law intended to add practical protections for lawfully operating agricultural producers. "It's not a shield for bad operators, it's a protection for good operators," Lakey told the committee, describing the bill's purpose.
Lakey said RS32027 would allow a lawfully operating farmer who prevails in a nuisance lawsuit to recover attorney fees from the nonprevailing party and would create escalating penalties for repeated meritless complaints filed with state agencies or local authorities. "If they…
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