SB 1498 Summary

• Establishes an egg promotion program allowing the Arizona Department of Agriculture director to provide certification, inspection, and grading services for eggs and prescribe fees for those services.

• Directs fees collected from the egg promotion program services to be deposited into the state egg inspection trust fund established under section 3-717.

• Authorizes the director to adopt rules governing the egg promotion program, including participation guidelines and requirements for use of department trademarks and certification marks.

• Allows the director to conduct compliance inspections related to trademark and certification mark rules, with inspection fees also deposited into the state egg inspection trust fund.

• Exempts the Arizona Department of Agriculture from rulemaking requirements under Title 41, Chapter 6 for one year after the bill's effective date to allow time to develop necessary regulations.