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« Reply #25 on: February 08, 2015, 12:31:28 AM »

No no, I mean why is this bill necessary in general, not your amendment. Tongue

That was my question as well, Duke. We're speaking the same language for once Tongue
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« Reply #26 on: February 08, 2015, 10:05:43 AM »

So as far as I see, the use of most of the aforementioned chemicals is banned, but the production of many of them are still legal in this country, and the use of them on food we get shipped from other countries are coated with these pesticides that we knew were too dangerous for us to use, but we're allowing those banned pesticide foods from other countries to be shipped here to the United States, and it's not such a great policy in a free market world.

My goals for this bill is that we have healthier citizens, but I can see why y'all think banning pesticides  seem pretty stupid, we have farmers who use these pesticides and it could hurt their businesses. The truth is that very few farmers use any of the pesticides in section one and no farmer uses any of the chemicals in section two. I see no need for the legality to produce these pesticides when the use of it is banned in our country, or that we allow our people to eat crops from other countries, countries like Mexico and Brazil, those with very poor environmental standards.

I'm hoping that y'all can consider this bill because I find that it's necessary for our region to progress and to move ahead of the other regions to make ours healthier.
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« Reply #27 on: February 09, 2015, 01:17:28 PM »

Here's another issue I have: the fine. Defining the fine seems to put more harm on smaller farms than necessary, since Big Ag can pay those $100,000 fines, and those smaller farms are less able to comply with this new regulation. We've defined fines differently in the region, fining according to ability, and I think we need to adjust it similarly. Either we strike to portion or at least changing it.
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« Reply #28 on: February 10, 2015, 12:06:48 AM »

Here's another issue I have: the fine. Defining the fine seems to put more harm on smaller farms than necessary, since Big Ag can pay those $100,000 fines, and those smaller farms are less able to comply with this new regulation. We've defined fines differently in the region, fining according to ability, and I think we need to adjust it similarly. Either we strike to portion or at least changing it.

I'd be open to changing it, I only put it in there to have a bit more substance, but what would you think about for $1,000 for farms with under 10 workers, $5,000 for farms with under 50 workers, etc.
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« Reply #29 on: February 10, 2015, 03:37:10 PM »

Here's another issue I have: the fine. Defining the fine seems to put more harm on smaller farms than necessary, since Big Ag can pay those $100,000 fines, and those smaller farms are less able to comply with this new regulation. We've defined fines differently in the region, fining according to ability, and I think we need to adjust it similarly. Either we strike to portion or at least changing it.

I'd be open to changing it, I only put it in there to have a bit more substance, but what would you think about for $1,000 for farms with under 10 workers, $5,000 for farms with under 50 workers, etc.

I was thinking of scaling it to book income (like 1/50th of income or something, so small farms are charged only like a couple thousand while big companies are charged millions).
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« Reply #30 on: February 12, 2015, 04:00:28 PM »

If I can get to it, I will propose an amendment rectifying the fine issue.
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« Reply #31 on: February 12, 2015, 04:04:44 PM »

If I can get to it, I will propose an amendment rectifying the fine issue.

Thank you! Just let me know if you're short on time so I'd be able to propose something.
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« Reply #32 on: February 12, 2015, 07:34:41 PM »

I can do it right now...

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« Reply #33 on: February 12, 2015, 08:15:00 PM »

Allowing for 24 Hours for objections.
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« Reply #34 on: February 14, 2015, 01:32:03 PM »

Time for objections has passed, amendment has been added to the bill.

Anything else?
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« Reply #35 on: February 14, 2015, 01:38:34 PM »

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« Reply #36 on: February 15, 2015, 03:05:34 PM »

I think we should put this to a vote.
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« Reply #37 on: February 15, 2015, 03:13:08 PM »

I'll put this up for a vote tonight.
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« Reply #38 on: February 15, 2015, 04:48:19 PM »

Eh let's do it now.

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« Reply #39 on: February 15, 2015, 04:57:27 PM »

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« Reply #40 on: February 15, 2015, 05:51:57 PM »

I'll vote Aye here. While perserving the rights of people to do business is important, so is public safety, and since most of the pesticides being illegalized now are not in that much use anyway, we don't sacrifice much of those rights.
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« Reply #41 on: February 16, 2015, 05:39:47 PM »

Aye, I guess
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« Reply #42 on: February 16, 2015, 05:55:45 PM »

This bill has passed, awaiting the Governor's/Emperor's signature.

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« Reply #43 on: February 17, 2015, 01:03:55 AM »

This bill has passed, awaiting the Governor's/Emperor's signature.

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