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Committee advances brand-board fee increases in SB 1016; sponsors say revenues will remain dedicated to industry program
Summary
The House Agricultural Affairs Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1016 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation after industry witnesses described rising costs, fleet needs and a multi-year stakeholder planning process to raise statutory fee caps for the Idaho Brand Board.
Representative John Van der Waata introduced Senate Bill 1016 to the committee on March 10, saying the bill updates fee caps for the Idaho Brand Board and moves some fee-setting language from rule to statute. "We put together a stakeholder working group" and the bill reflects years of planning, the boards director told the committee.
Cody Burlisle, director of the Idaho Brand Board and state brand inspector, described inflationary pressures on the program and said "Essentially our revenues brought in just don't have the buying power that they used to." Burlisle told members the board began planning about three years ago, convening more than 20 stakeholder meetings and an 18-month process that he said produced the…
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