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Committee holds bean-commission assessment bill after substitute motion; SB 1054 sent back to committee
Summary
The House Agricultural Affairs Committee heard testimony supporting an increase in the Idaho Bean Commission assessment but approved a substitute motion to hold Senate Bill 1054 in committee after a late-session procedural challenge and objections about bill language.
Representative John Shirts introduced Senate Bill 1054 on March 10, which would raise the bean-commission assessment from $0.12 per hundredweight to a baseline of $0.16 with authority up to $0.24 per hundredweight. Shirts said the increase would fund research and promotion that bean growers and dealers support.
The bill drew multiple supporters from industry. Andy Wolf Wybie, executive director of the Idaho Bean Commission, told the committee the commission typically meets quarterly and confirmed that compensation for commission members comes from the assessment. Monte…
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