HP1159
LD 1650
First Special Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF LR 1873
Item 5
Bill Tracking Chamber Status

Amend the amendment by inserting after section 4 the following:

Sec. 5. 7 MRSA §1052, sub-§2-A  is enacted to read:

2-A Reporting.   A manufacturer selling genetically engineered plant parts, plants or seeds in the State shall annually report to the commissioner the total potential acreage at a given planting density of genetically modified crops that could be grown based on the amount of each genetically engineered product sold in the State. Individual manufacturer data received under this subsection is confidential and may not be made public. The commissioner shall make public aggregate data that does not reveal the sales activities of an individual manufacturer.

Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.

summary

This amendment requires a manufacturer to annually report to the Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources an estimate of the potential acres of genetically engineered crops that could be planted based on sales.


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