Bill Summary for Bill Number Sunset of Colorado Egg Law

Date: 01/08/2009

Final
Sunset of Colorado Egg Law

SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Moved that a bill be drafted to continue the Color	PASS

02:52 PM -- Sunset Review of the Colorado Egg Law

Saul Larsen, Policy Analyst, Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), Office of Policy, Research and Regulatory Reform, explained that the Colorado Egg Law is enforced by the Colorado Department of Agriculture. In order to effectively provide adequate consumer protection, the department's inspectors are charged with conducting inspections of eggs at wholesaler and retailer facilities. The department issues two licenses related to the sale of eggs in Colorado: wholesaler and retailer. He also explained the DORA sunset report includes 11 recommendations including a recommendation to continue the regulation of eggs until July 1, 2020. (Attachments I and J). He also responded to questions from the committee concerning the current regulatory program and DORA's recommendations.

The following person testified on the sunset of the sunset of the Colorado Egg Law:

03:01 PM -- Steve Bormann, Colorado Department of Agriculture, responded to questions from the committee concerning the frequency of inspection of small egg producers.


BILL:	Sunset of Colorado Egg Law
TIME:	03:05:40 PM
MOVED:	Hodge
MOTION:	Moved that a bill be drafted to continue the Colorado Egg Law until July 1, 2020 and include the 10 other DORA recommendations (Attachment J). The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. [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

03:06 PM

Senator Schwartz offered to sponsor the bill to continue the Colorado Egg Law until July 1, 2020 and implement the 10 other DORA recommendations.