CHAPTER 68
HB 51 - FINAL VERSION
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2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 51
AN ACT providing for the voluntary registration of commercial maple producers and maple packers.
SPONSORS: Rep. Melcher, Hills 11; Rep. Owen, Merr 6; Rep. McRae, Hills 7
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill requires the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food to design and implement a voluntary registration program for persons who produce or pack maple sap or maple products for sale.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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99-0007
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT providing for the voluntary registration of commercial maple producers and maple packers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
68:1 New Paragraph; Definitions; Commercial Sugarmaker. Amend RSA 429:13 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
III-a. "Commercial sugarmaker" means a person who collects or purchases maple sap for maple production and sale.
68:2 New Paragraph; Definitions; Maple Packer. Amend RSA 429:13 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:
VII-a. "Maple packer" means a person who purchases and packs or further processes maple syrup for sale.
68:3 New Section; Registration. Amend RSA 429 by inserting after section 13 the following new section:
429:13-a Registration.
I. The commissioner shall design and implement a voluntary registration program for persons who produce or pack maple sap or maple products for sale.
II. A commercial sugarmaker or maple packer who agrees to voluntarily register for a period of 6 years shall complete a registration form supplied by the commissioner. The information on the form shall be limited to the name of the owner or operator, the farm or business name, the address and phone number of the farm or business, and whether the registrant is a commercial sugarmaker or maple packer.
III. Commercial sugarmakers and maple packers agreeing to voluntarily register shall be placed on a list of voluntary registrants by the commissioner. Use of the voluntary registration list by the department shall be limited to disseminating information relative to the maple industry, conducting surveys on topics that are timely and important to the maple industry, and emergency notification to commercial sugarmakers and maple packers of conditions or practices found to adversely impact the quality of maple products.
68:4 Labels; Information Required. Amend RSA 429:14, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) The name, address, and zip code of the packer, distributor, or producer;
68:5 New Paragraph; Adulteration. Amend RSA 429:15 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. Maple syrup and maple products which are labeled as being pure maple products and which are produced, packaged, handled, or sold in this state shall not in any way be adulterated by the addition or introduction of any substance that would change the essential characteristics of the maple product or render the maple products unsafe.
68:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: April 21, 2000)
(Effective Date: June 20, 2000)