Bill > HB370

This bill makes several organizational changes within the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Specifically, it abolishes the Shows and Fairs Division and replaces it with a new Farm Safety and Rural Health Division. Additionally, the bill creates a new Office of Agricultural Economic Development as part of the department's structure. The bill also updates related statutory language, including modifying references in the fair grant program section to reflect the elimination of the Shows and Fairs Division. For example, in the section about agricultural fair grants, references to the "Shows and Fairs Division" are changed to "Livestock Division" in certain administrative reporting requirements. The bill includes an emergency clause, which means it will take effect immediately upon becoming law, recognizing the importance of agriculture to Kentucky's economy. The changes appear designed to restructure the department's organizational units to potentially better support agricultural safety, rural health, and economic development initiatives.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb370.html