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Senate advances H.484, a broad agriculture bill covering beneficial substances, pesticide disposal, fairground stormwater relief and tax changes
Summary
The Senate advanced H.484, a miscellaneous agriculture bill that updates regulation of "beneficial substances," creates funding and study provisions for pesticide collection, provides stormwater relief at the Rutland County Fair, and adjusts current-use tax treatment for donated crops.
The Vermont Senate advanced H.484, a wide-ranging agriculture bill that spans product regulation, pesticide disposal funding, fairground stormwater relief, property tax treatment for donated crops, and other farmland tax provisions.
Key provisions explained by the Senate Agriculture Committee include:
- Beneficial substances: The bill revises Title 6 (chapter references shown in committee report) to replace previous terms such as "plant amendments," "plant biostimulants," and "soil amendments" with the uniform term "beneficial substances." The draft adds a statutory definition (consistent with the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials uniform model) and requires registration and labeling for beneficial substances. Registration fees were specified (e.g., $85 for most substances, $50 per line product) and fees were directed to a special fund for program administration. Labels for products that…
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