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Senator Lakey presents update to Idaho Right to Farm Act; committee votes to print RS 32-027
Summary
Sen. Todd Lakey presented draft changes to Idaho's Right to Farm Act aimed at letting prevailing agricultural operators recover legal costs and discouraging repeated meritless complaints; the Agricultural Affairs Committee voted to print RS 32-027 for introduction.
BOISE, Idaho ' Senator Todd Lakey, a Republican from District 23, told the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee on Oct. 25 that RS 32-027 would add practical protections to Idaho's Right to Farm Act, allowing lawfully operating agricultural producers to recover attorney fees if they prevail in nuisance lawsuits and creating sanctions for repeated meritless agency complaints.
Lakey told the committee the Right to Farm law "was first put in place back in the 1980s" and that the proposed changes are meant "to protect good Idaho agricultural operators that are operating lawfully from legal and local action against those lawful operations. It's not a shield for bad operators, it's a protection for good operators." He said lawful operations can still generate noise, dust and odors and that recent growth in parts of the state has increased…
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