Bill > S1738

Introduced Session

This bill would strengthen the legal protections provided to farmers under the "Right to Farm Act." Specifically, the bill would allow farmers to recover reasonable costs and attorney fees incurred in the defense of bad faith complaints against commercial agricultural operations, activities or structures: 1) found to conform to an agricultural management practice recommended by the State Agriculture Development Committee (SADC); or 2) whose specific operation or practice has been determined by the committee or the appropriate county agriculture development board to constitute a generally accepted agricultural operation or practice; and 3) which does not violate any relevant State or federal law nor pose a direct threat to public health and safety.

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Dawn Addiego (D)*,  Steven Oroho (R)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee (on 02/13/2020)

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