REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

MR. SPEAKER AND MR. PRESIDENT:

We, the undersigned conferees, have had under consideration the amendments to the following entitled BILL:

H. B. No. 292: Agricultural Seed Law; revise definitions and complaint procedures.

We, therefore, respectfully submit the following report and recommendation:

 

1. That the House concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 with the following exception(s):

 

AMEND by deleting lines 551 through 554 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

69-3-25. Any person who knowingly, or as a result either of gross negligence or of a failure to make a reasonable effort to inform himself of the pertinent facts, violates any provision of this act or the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Funds collected from such fines shall be deposited into the special fund created in Section 69-3-29 (6). Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring the commissioner to recommend prosecution for minor violations of this act or the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder whenever he believes that the public interest will be adequately served by suitable written notice or warning.

2. That the Senate concur in the above exception(s).

   

CONFEREES FOR THE HOUSE

CONFEREES FOR THE SENATE

   

X (SIGNED:)

X (SIGNED:)

D. Stephen Holland

Mike Chaney

   

X (SIGNED:)

X (SIGNED:)

Randy Pierce

Nickey Browning

   

X (SIGNED:)

X (SIGNED:)

Warner F. McBride

Joseph Stogner