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Committee advances ISDA agency bill that codifies FFA, tightens SWCD reporting and repeals ILRC
Summary
Senate Bill 230 would codify FFA as a function of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, require soil-and-water districts to submit annual financial statements to ISDA (with funding withheld for noncompliance), and repeal the Indiana Land Resources Council. The committee voted to pass the bill and recommit it to Appropriations, 9–0.
Senate Bill 230, presented by Quentin Hayes, legislative director for the Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA), would make three primary changes: codify Future Farmers of America (FFA) as a function of ISDA; clarify and raise reporting standards for soil and water conservation districts (SWCDs); and repeal the Indiana Land Resources Council (ILRC).
Hayes told the committee codifying the FFA into statute ‘‘does not change anything we currently do’’ but would align statute with existing agency practice; he said the FFA function is currently…
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