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AZ SB1250
Bill
Status
1/22/2018
Primary Sponsor
David Farnsworth
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AI Summary
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Changes article heading from "Sale of Food Products by Producers" to "Sale and Production of Food Products by Producers" to clarify scope.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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