HB 226 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

24Feb2021... 0046h

2021 SESSION

21-0296

08/11

 

HOUSE BILL 226

 

AN ACT relative to the repeal of laws on produce safety.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Pearl, Merr. 26; Rep. Lang, Belk. 4; Rep. M. Moffett, Merr. 9

 

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill extends the date for the repeal of the laws on produce safety.

 

This bill also enables the commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food to stop the sale of produce violating produce safety rules.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24Feb2021... 0046h 21-0296

08/11

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

 

AN ACT relative to the repeal of laws on produce safety.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Repeal Date Changed.  Amend 2018, 323:28-29 to read as follows:

323:28  Repeal; Effective [2021] 2026.  RSA 426-A, relative to produce safety, is repealed.

323:29  Effective Date.  

I.  Section 28 of this act shall take effect June 30, [2021] 2026.

II.  The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.

2  New Section; Produce; Stop Sale.  Amend RSA 426-A by inserting after section 6 the following new section:

426-A:7 Produce; Stop Sale.  When the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agent has reasonable cause to believe produce is being distributed in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or of any of the rules adopted under this chapter, the commissioner or agent may issue and serve a written "stop sale, use or removal" order upon the owner or custodian of any such produce. The produce shall not be sold, used or removed until the provisions of this chapter have been complied with and the produce has been released by the commissioner or the violation has been otherwise disposed of as provided in this chapter by a court of competent jurisdiction.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.