Bill Text: NH HB1300 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Creating an exemption from licensure for low volume seed sellers.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-28 - Signed by the Governor on 5/27/2014; Chapter 0058; Effective 7/26/2014 [HB1300 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2014-HB1300-Introduced.html
HB 1300 – AS INTRODUCED
2014 SESSION
08/05
HOUSE BILL 1300
AN ACT creating an exemption from licensure for low volume seed sellers.
SPONSORS: Rep. C. McGuire, Merr 29; Rep. Sad, Ches 1; Rep. Comtois, Belk 7
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill creates an exemption from licensure for low volume seed sellers.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2425
08/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT creating an exemption from licensure for low volume seed sellers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Low Volume Seed Sellers Exempt. Amend RSA 433:9-a to read as follows:
433:9-a Licensing Requirements. No person shall label agricultural, vegetable, flower, and tree and shrub seeds for planting purposes for distribution or sale in this state without first having obtained a seed labeling license. The license application shall be submitted on forms furnished by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by the license fee as prescribed by the commissioner. Sellers of less than 50 pounds of fruit, flower, or vegetable seeds per year shall be exempt from the licensure requirements of this section.
2 Low Volume Seed Sellers; Exempt. Amend RSA 433:6, III to read as follows:
III. The provisions of RSA 433:3 and 4 shall not apply to tree seed produced by the consumer or sellers of less than 50 pounds of fruit, flower, or vegetable seeds per year.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
