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HI HB1570
Bill
Status
4/12/2011
Primary Sponsor
Isaac Choy
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AI Summary
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Appropriates funds to reimburse qualified livestock producers for animal feed costs, including beef cattle, dairy cows or goats, hogs, and poultry operations.
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Expands eligibility for the livestock revitalization program to include goat dairy farmers with a minimum of 25 lactating milking goats, in addition to existing requirements for dairy cows (350+), poultry (3,000+ birds), hogs (50+ sows), and beef cattle (100+ head annually).
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Limits reimbursement grants to a maximum of $250,000 per qualified producer per year and requires producers maintain minimum herd/flock sizes or forfeit the subsidy for that fiscal quarter.
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Requires applicants to submit quarterly documentation of feed costs, quarterly financial statements, and annual financial statements certified by the applicant and preparer within 90 days of fiscal year end.
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Establishes that appropriations do not lapse at fiscal year end but must be encumbered by June 30, 2014, and takes effect July 1, 2030.
Legislative Description
Feedstock Costs; Appropriation; Livestock; Goat Milk
Last Action
(H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-29-11 at 5:55pm in Conference Room 224.
4/29/2011