Missouri Senate

House Committee Substitute

ETHANOL PRODUCERS (Section 142.029) - Currently, the economic subsidies that are available to Missouri qualified fuel ethanol producers will expire on December 31, 2015. This act extends this expiration date to 2019.

This section is identical to a provision in HCS/SCS/SB 131 (2015). This section is similar to a provision in SCS/HCS/HB 882 (2015), SS/SB 371 (2015).

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS TAX DEDUCTION (Section 143.121) - This act creates an income tax deduction for payments received as part of a program that compensates agricultural producers who have suffered a loss due to disaster or emergency. The deduction will be available for all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2014.

This provision is identical to a provision contained in HCS/SCS/SB 131 (2015), and is substantially similar to SCS/SB 374 (2015), and is similar to HB 771 (2015).

HONEY (Section 261.241) - Currently, sellers of jams, jellies, and honey whose annual sales are $30,000 or less per domicile are exempt from the requirement to maintain separate facilities for the manufacture of such items. This act removes jams and jellies from this provision and increases the annual sales level required to maintain separate facilities for the bottling of honey to $50,000.

Currently, sellers of honey are exempt from all remaining health standards and regulations for the manufacture of honey if they meet certain requirements. Under this act, sellers of honey are exempt from health standards and regulations for the bottling of honey if they meet certain requirements, including that the honey be bottled in the domicile of the person harvesting the honey. Currently, to be exempt from such health standards the seller is required to display a placard in a prominent location during the sale of honey that states "This product has not been inspected by the Department of Health and Senior Services". Under this act, this placard requirement is repealed. Additionally under this act, the requirement that the honey be labeled that it has not been inspected by the Department of Health and Senior Services is repealed.

This act is identical to the perfected HB 1093 (2015).

PROCESSING OF CAPTIVE CERVIDS (Section 265.475) - This act allows any meat processor that is inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to process captive cervids for human consumption if the cervids are from a herd that participates in a herd certification program. The sale of such captive cervid meat shall not be prohibited under this act. Under this act, licensed hunting preserves and deer breeders may process captive cervids any time of the year at a licensed facility.

This provision is identical to a provision contained in HCS/SCS/SB 131 (2015), and is similar to HB 1096 (2015).

PER BARREL MOTOR FUEL INSPECTION FEE (Section 414.082) - Currently, the fee for the inspection of certain motor fuels shall not be less than 1.5 cents per barrel and shall not exceed 2.5 cents per barrel. Under this act, the per barrel fee shall not exceed 4 cents from 2015 to 2020, and shall not exceed 5 cents from 2021 and thereafter.

This provision is identical to SCS/SB 520 (2015), and is substantially similar to a provision contained in HCS/SCS/SB 131 (2015) and SCS/HCS/HB 882 (2015).

ANIMAL CRIMES (Sections 578.005-578.040)- Currently, the crime of animal trespass is defined as a person having ownership of an animal who fails to provide adequate control of the animal for a period of 12 hours or more. Under this act, a person commits the offense of animal or livestock trespass by either failing to provide adequate control of any animal except livestock when the animal trespasses on another person's property or failing to provide adequate control of livestock for a period of 12 hours or more.

In addition, this act removes the maximum fines that may be charged for animal or livestock trespass, which potentially conflict with another provision of law setting the maximum fines for infractions and Class C misdemeanors. This act repeals a provision stating that reasonable costs for the care and maintenance of trespassing animals may not be waived.

These provisions are identical to SB 143 (2015), HCS/HB 258 (2015), SCS/HCS/HB 807 (2015), SCS/SB 112, 212, 143 & 234 (2015), HCS/SCS/SB 131 (2015), and HCS/SCS/SB 340 (2015).

KAYLA CRIDER