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House Agriculture Committee hears testimony on bills to repeal wholesale potato-dealer licensing
Summary
The House Agriculture Committee heard testimony on House Bills 4881 and 4882, which would repeal Michigan's licensing requirement for wholesale potato dealers. Lawmakers and industry witnesses described the program as small and outdated; no committee vote on the bills was taken.
The House Agriculture Committee considered testimony on House Bill 4881 and House Bill 4882, measures that would repeal Michigan's licensing requirement for wholesale potato dealers and related bond provisions.
Representative Nyar, sponsor and committee member, told the panel the bills are part of a "red tape package" intended to remove outdated or ineffective regulations affecting the potato industry. He said potatoes are a significant state crop, "supporting about 20,000 jobs and roughly $2.5 billion in revenue," and argued the legacy $100,000 bond requirement in the Wholesale Potato Dealers Act no longer provides meaningful protection to growers. "By repealing this…
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