Sunset Commodity Handler & Farm Products Act

Sunset Process - Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. The bill continues the department of agriculture's (department) oversight of the "Commodity Handler and Farm Products Act" (act) for 7 years until 2032.

The bill also increases the "small-volume dealer" limit (limit) from $20,000 to $45,000. The limit is a limit on the amount of farm products or commodities that a person may buy, in aggregate, per year. The bill permits the commissioner of agriculture to periodically adjust the limit.

The bill explicitly excludes marijuana from the definition of "commodity" under the act.

Under current law, civil penalties collected by the department for violations of the act are deposited into the inspection and consumer services cash fund (fund). The bill requires those civil penalties to be transferred to the general fund rather than the department's fund.

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)