Bill Text: AZ SB1098 | 2024 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced


Bill Title: False claims; agriculture; technical correction

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-23 - Senate read second time [SB1098 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2024-SB1098-Introduced.html

 

 

 

REFERENCE TITLE: false claims; agriculture; technical correction

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2024

 

 

 

SB 1098

 

Introduced by

Senator Kerr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending section 3-113, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the agriculture protection act.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 3-113, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE3-113. Action for false claims against perishable agricultural food product; limitation; definitions

A. A producer or shipper, or an association that represents producers or shippers, of perishable agricultural food products that suffers damages as a result of malicious public dissemination of false information that the food product is not safe for human consumption may bring an action for damages and for any other appropriate relief, including compensatory and punitive damages, in a court of competent jurisdiction.

B. A person who intentionally disseminates false information to the public that a perishable agricultural food product is not safe for human consumption for the purpose of harming a producer or shipper is liable for damages determined under subsection A.

C. In any action brought under this section the court may award the successful party court costs and reasonable attorney fees.

D. An action under this section shall be commenced within two years after the false information is disseminated.

E. For the purposes of this section:

1. "False information" means information that is not based on reliable scientific facts and reliable scientific data and that the disseminator knows or should have known to be false.

2. "Perishable agricultural food product" means any agricultural or aquacultural food product or commodity that is grown or produced in this state and that is sold or distributed in a form that will perish or decay within a reasonable period of time.

3. "Producer" means the person who grows or produces perishable agricultural food products.

4. "Shipper" means a person who ships, transports, sells or markets perishable agricultural food products under the person's registered trademark or label or a person who first markets the perishable agricultural food product on behalf of the producer. END_STATUTE

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