HARRISBURG - Several ag
related bills were reported out of
the State Senate Agriculture and
Rural Affairs Committee following
a committee meeting on Wed
nesday.
Sheila Miller, an assistant to
committee chairman Edward
Bills Gain Senate Committee Approval
Helfrick, reported that House Bill
73, a bill that would delay penalties
under the new rabies law, received
committee approval. The law call*
for penalties of up to $3OO per of
fense for the owners of un
vaccinated dogs and housecats.
HB 73 would give pet owners until
Sept. 1, to have their animal*
vaccinated.
Also receiving the committee’s
stamp of approval was Senate Bill
429, that would provide protection
for farm equipment dealers under
contract with manufacturers. In
the case of company mergers or
consolidations, the bill calls for
manufacturers to buy back any
special tools or equipment that
their dealers purchased at 100
percent of the the original dealer
cost. The bill would also prevent
dealer contracts from being
broken without due cause. The
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legislation pertains to both large
and small implement and equip
ment manufacturers.
Senate Bill 156, introduced by
Senator Noah Wenger, was also
approved. .The legislation would
provide funding for farmland
preservation easements, whereby
landowners would be reimbursed
the difference between their
property’s value as farmland and
its value on the open market when
the land is sold. This bill was also
reported out of the Senate Ap
propriations Committee on
Tuesday and is ready for a full
Senate vote.
Also approved was Senate
Resolution 10, which requests that
Virginia stop taxing eggs brought
in from Pennsylvania. Virginia
currently levies a 5-cent-per-case
(30 dozen) excise tax on Penn
sylvania eggs, with the money
going toward egg promotion
programs. Pennsylvania has no
such reciprocal tax.
Another resolution, SR 20, calls
for the establishment of a bipar
tisan committee to explore the
possibility of creating a major
Pennsylvania agriculture products
exposition. The goal is to en
courage other states and foreign
countries to buy Pennsylvania
products.