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AZ SB1250

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/22/2018

Primary Sponsor

David Farnsworth

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-third Legislature - Second Regular Session (2018)

AI Summary

  • Changes article heading from "Sale of Food Products by Producers" to "Sale and Production of Food Products by Producers" to clarify scope.

  • Expands definition of "food product" to explicitly include animal feed grown or raised by the producer and sold for livestock, poultry, or ratites, and clarifies "producer" includes residential and community gardens.

  • Prohibits cities, towns, and counties from denying or restricting producers' right to produce food products on agricultural lands, farms, and gardens (including residential and community gardens) except as provided in the article.

  • Voids any city, town, or county ordinance that imposes taxes, licenses, or fees on producers or purchasers of food products, though inspection ordinances remain valid if applied uniformly to all similar products.

  • Updates language to modernize references and clarify that inspection must be uniform across the same products and at no cost to the producer.

Legislative Description

Food producers; prohibited ordinances

Agriculture - Title 3

Last Action

Senate GOV Committee action: Failed To Pass, voting: (2-5-0-0)

2/7/2018

Full Bill Text

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