Bill Summary for Bill Number Sunset of the Colorado Seed Act

Date: 01/08/2009

Final
Sunset of the Colorado Seed Act

SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Moved to draft a bill to continue the Colorado See	PASS

02:09 PM -- Sunset Review of the Colorado Seed Act

Saul Larsen, Policy Analyst, Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), Office of Policy, Research and Regulatory Reform, described the Colorado Department of Agriculture's regulation of seeds under the authority of the Colorado Seed Act. He also described DORA's sunset report that recommends that the Colorado Seed Act continue until July 1, 2020, under the provisions of the sunset law (Attachment A).

The following persons testified on the bill:

02:10 PM -- Mitch Yergert, Director of Colorado Department of Agriculture' Plant Division, spoke in support of extending the sunset of the Colorado Seed Act.


BILL:	Sunset Review of the Colorado Seed Act
TIME:	02:11:22 PM
MOVED:	Hodge
MOTION:	Moved to draft a bill to continue the Colorado Seed Act until July 1, 2020 (Attachment B). [Senator Isgar, Chair, Senator Hodge, Vice-Chair]
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Brophy	Yes
	Gibbs	Excused
	Harvey	Yes
	Hodge	Yes
	Isgar	Yes
	Kester	Excused
	Schwartz	Yes
	(None)
	(None)
Final YES: 5 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

02:12 PM

According to the sunset law (Section 24-34-104 (9) (c.3), C.R.S.) the chair of each legislative committee of reference assigns the sponsor for sunset bills. In accordance with this law, Senator Isgar requested that Senator Hodge sponsor the sunset bill to extend the Colorado Seed Act.

02:13 PM

Kate Meyer, bill drafter with the Office of Legislative Legal Services, requested permission to make any technical changes to the draft bill prior to its introduction. There was no objection to this request.