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Senate committee backs fines and fee protections for farmers in Right to Farm bill
Summary
Senate Bill 1033 would let agricultural operators recover attorney fees in nuisance suits they win and create escalating penalties for repeated meritless complaints to state agencies or sheriffs; the committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a do-pass recommendation.
BOISE, Idaho — Senate Bill 1033, proposed changes to Idaho’s Right to Farm Act, drew widespread industry support at a Senate Agricultural Committee hearing Thursday and was advanced to the Senate floor with a do-pass recommendation.
The bill, presented by state Sen. Todd Lakey, would add two enforcement features to the Right to Farm Act (Idaho Code, Title 22, Chapter 45): (1) allow an agricultural operator who prevails in a nuisance lawsuit to recover reasonable attorney’s fees and costs; and (2) impose graduated penalties for repeat “meritless complaints” filed with state agencies or local law enforcement when the agricultural operation is operating lawfully under the statute.
“An Ag operator may recover their reasonable attorney's fees and costs in a…
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