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Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment

Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
SB-1195	State (Virginia)	Produce safety; farm inspections; civil penalty. Prohibits certain farms from violating the federal regulations that set minimum standards for the safe growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of fruits and vegetables. The bill authorizes the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of the law and gives the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services free access at reasonable hours to certain farms to inspect the farms and take samples. The Commissioner also is authorized to seize certain produce if he believes it is being grown, kept, or exposed for sale or held in violation of federal regulations or state law, and the bill provides a court process by which the seizure may be contested. The bill authorizes the Board to levy a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per violation, to be deposited in the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund. The bill includes provisions that would cause it to expire upon the repeal of the relevant federal law, the granting of an exemption under such federal law, or the cessation of federal funding. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Agriculture Animal Care And Food Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment
HB-2239	State (Virginia)	Registration exemption for certain farm use vehicles; highway distance limitations. Increases from 50 to 75 miles the maximum travel distance allowable for travel to obtain supplies or from one part of the owner's land to another by a vehicle used for agricultural or horticultural purposes in order to qualify for exemption from the requirements to obtain a registration certificate, license plates, or decals and pay a registration fee. The bill also increases from 50 to 75 miles the maximum travel distance allowable by vehicles used for seasonal transportation of farm produce and from 20 to 75 miles the maximum travel distance allowable for vehicles owned by farmers and used to transport wood products in order to qualify for such exemption. The bill also provides that any law-enforcement officer may require any person operating a vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer and claiming the farm use exemption to provide, upon request, the address of the farm or lands owned or leased by the vehicle's owner or, if such address is unavailable or unknown, the real property parcel identification number of such lands. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Motor Vehicles Highways And Other Surface Transportation Systems Agriculture Animal Care And Food Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment Police Law-enforcement Officers
HB-2030	State (Virginia)	Food products; sale at farmers market, farm, or home. Exempts a producer of food, including milk, products made from milk, and poultry, from regulations of the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services so long as the sale of such food by the producer is made directly to the end consumer; the sale is conducted at a farmers market or through a home or farm; the food product contains no uninspected meat other than poultry; and the producer informs the end consumer that the food product is not certified, regulated, or inspected. Republican: 100% (2) 100% Republican support	Agriculture Animal Care And Food Commissions Boards And Institutions Generally Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment Poultry Dairy Products
HB-1954	State (Virginia)	Damaging or destroying farm products. Makes it a crime to maliciously damage or destroy any farm products, including any crops, and requires the court to determine the market value of the products when awarding restitution. The bill provides that a violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony if the value of the product is $400 or more and as a Class 1 misdemeanor if the value is less than $400. Current law makes certain damage or destruction a crime only if the person committing the act knows that the farm products are grown for testing or research purposes in the context of product development in conjunction or coordination with a private research facility, a university, or any federal, state, or local government agency. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Crimes And Offenses Generally Agriculture Animal Care And Food Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment
HB-1781	State (Virginia)	Farmers markets; farm and forest land conversion; plans. Removes the requirements that certain agencies analyze the impact of regulations on the conversion of farm and forest lands and that the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services summarize the reports of the operators of state-owned farmers markets to the General Assembly. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Agriculture Animal Care And Food Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment Forests And Forestry
SB-899	State (Virginia)	Reformulated gasoline; sale for farm use. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to seek an exemption from the federal reformulated gasoline (RFG) program for conventional, ethanol-free gasoline sold and delivered for use in farm motor vehicles. This bill is identical to HB 1520. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Motor Fuels Agriculture Animal Care And Food Uncodified Legislation Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment Gasoline Gasohol And Diesel Fuel
HB-1520	State (Virginia)	Reformulated gasoline; sale for farm use. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to seek an exemption from the federal reformulated gasoline (RFG) program for conventional, ethanol-free gasoline sold and delivered for use in farm motor vehicles. This bill is identical to SB 899. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Motor Fuels Agriculture Animal Care And Food Uncodified Legislation Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment Gasoline Gasohol And Diesel Fuel
HB-1519	State (Virginia)	Overweight permits for hauling Virginia-grown farm produce; validity throughout the Commonwealth. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue overweight permits that are valid statewide for vehicles hauling Virginia-grown farm produce from the point of origin to the first place of delivery. Under current law, such permits are valid only in Accomack and Northampton Counties. Republican: 100% (2) 100% Republican support	Motor Vehicles Agriculture Animal Care And Food Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment
HB-1440	State (Virginia)	Farm use vehicles; penalties. Imposes a $250 fine for willfully and intentionally violating the limitations for the use of farm use vehicles on a highway for a second or subsequent violation. Current law allows for a fine of up to $250 regardless of the number of previous violations. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Motor Vehicles Highways And Other Surface Transportation Systems Agriculture Animal Care And Food Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment
SB-157	State (Virginia)	Virginia adjusted gross income; sale of certain crops to craft breweries. Provides an income tax subtraction, for purposes of computing Virginia adjusted gross income, for farmers who sell certain crops to Virginia craft breweries. The bill defines a Virginia craft brewery as a brewery that manufactures beer solely in the Commonwealth and that has an annual production of three million barrels of beer or less. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Alcoholic Beverage Control Act Income Tax Taxation Agriculture Animal Care And Food Breweries And Brewery Licenses Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment

Title: Produce safety; farm inspections, civil penalty.

Session: Virginia 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-1195

Subjects: Agriculture Animal Care And Food, Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Farm use vehicles, certain; registration exemption, highway distance limitations.

Session: Virginia 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-2239

Subjects: Motor Vehicles, Highways And Other Surface Transportation Systems, Agriculture Animal Care And Food, Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment, Police, Law-enforcement Officers

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Food products; sale at farmers market, farm, or home.

Session: Virginia 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-2030

Subjects: Agriculture Animal Care And Food, Commissions Boards And Institutions Generally, Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment, Poultry, Dairy Products

Republican: 100% (2)

Title: Farm products; crime to maliciously damage or destroy.

Session: Virginia 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-1954

Subjects: Crimes And Offenses Generally, Agriculture Animal Care And Food, Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Farmers' markets; farm and forest land conversion.

Session: Virginia 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-1781

Subjects: Agriculture Animal Care And Food, Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment, Forests And Forestry

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Reformulated gasoline; sale for farm use.

Session: Virginia 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-899

Subjects: Motor Fuels, Agriculture Animal Care And Food, Uncodified Legislation, Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment, Gasoline Gasohol And Diesel Fuel

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Reformulated gasoline; sale for farm use.

Session: Virginia 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-1520

Subjects: Motor Fuels, Agriculture Animal Care And Food, Uncodified Legislation, Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment, Gasoline Gasohol And Diesel Fuel

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Overweight permits; hauling Virginia-grown farm produce, validity.

Session: Virginia 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-1519

Subjects: Motor Vehicles, Agriculture Animal Care And Food, Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment

Republican: 100% (2)

Title: Farm use vehicles; imposes $250 fine for violating limitations while operating unregistered vehicle.

Session: Virginia 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: HB-1440

Subjects: Motor Vehicles, Highways And Other Surface Transportation Systems, Agriculture Animal Care And Food, Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Virginia adjusted gross income; sale of certain crops by farmers to craft breweries.

Session: Virginia 2017-2017 Regular Session

Number: SB-157

Subjects: Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, Income Tax, Taxation, Agriculture Animal Care And Food, Breweries And Brewery Licenses, Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment

Republican: 100% (1)

Farmers Farm Produce And Equipment

SB-1195

State (Virginia)

HB-2239

State (Virginia)

HB-2030

State (Virginia)

HB-1954

State (Virginia)

HB-1781

State (Virginia)

SB-899

State (Virginia)

HB-1520

State (Virginia)

HB-1519

State (Virginia)

HB-1440

State (Virginia)

SB-157

State (Virginia)