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Department of Agriculture seeks committee introduction of bill to raise seed-fee caps
Summary
At an Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee meeting, the Kansas Department of Agriculture requested introduction of RS 29 37, a bill to increase caps on the seed-fee program; the department said the fees were last raised in 1991 and the committee agreed to introduce it as a committee bill.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture asked the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee to introduce RS 29 37, a bill to increase caps in the state seed-fee program, during the committee's meeting.
Mr. McGinn, identified in the meeting as Assistant Secretary, told the committee the department requested introduction of RS 29 37 and explained the seed-fee caps were last increased in 1991. He thanked the senior assistant reviser of statutes for help clarifying that history and formally requested the bill introduction on the department's behalf.
The chair asked if any committee members had questions or objections to introducing the bill. There were no objections, and the chair stated the bill would be introduced as a committee bill.
The committee did not record a roll-call vote on the bill introduction; committee practice in this session was to proceed with introduction when no member objected. No further detail about the proposed fee levels, implementation timeline, or fiscal impact was provided during the meeting, and those specifics were not specified in the transcript.
Next steps: The bill will be carried forward as a committee-introduced measure; additional details and fiscal analysis were not provided at this meeting and may be presented in future hearings or fiscal writeups from legislative research.
