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House Agriculture Committee approves rule rewrite removing oilseed refund provision

2743232 · January 20, 2025
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The House Agriculture Affairs Committee recommended approval of an Idaho Oilseed Commission administrative rule rewrite that removes a refund/escrow provision, citing a statute and a past referendum; the committee also heard a presentation on the commission’s work, funding and research priorities.

The House Agriculture Affairs Committee voted to recommend approval of an administrative rule rewrite for the Idaho Oilseed Commission that removes a refund-application provision tied to the commission’s escrow account.

Paci LaRoche Phillips, administrator of the Idaho Oilseed Commission, told the committee the proposed changes are part of a broader chapter rewrite to remove duplicative language and clarify first-purchaser rules and the oilseed tax invoice. “Before you, you have a number of documents… IDAPA 04/2001, the rules governing the Idaho Oilseed Commission,” Phillips said while introducing the docket and the packet submitted to the committee.

The committee’s recommendation follows Phillips’s explanation that Idaho Code Title 22, Chapter 47 contains a provision tying the refund/escrow account to the outcome of a growers’ referendum. Phillips said an affidavit from Doug Scoville, a past commission chairman, states a referendum was held and passed after the commission’s 1996 creation, and that the…

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