Requires any person including certified and licensed responsible pesticide applicators and commercial pesticide applicators and operators operating in the state to contact the division of plant industry of the department of agriculture and markets by phone at least forty-eight hours in advance of extermination of honey bees to obtain assistance in trying to relocate nuisance honey bee colonies or hanging swarms of honey bees, in lieu of destroying such honey bees; makes related provisions.
Relates to the misbranding of food products not containing meat; establishes a food product shall be deemed to be misbranded if the food product is labeled or branded in a false, deceptive or misleading manner that misrepresents the product as meat, meat food product or poultry.
Lowers the threshold for eligibility for the appropriation of moneys for the promotion of agriculture and domestic arts from five thousand dollars to two thousand five hundred dollars.
Establishes a state commercial fishing industry advocate and a commercial fishing economic development program to promote the state's commercial fishing industry; defines terms; makes related provisions.
Relates to the registration and regulation of animal breeders; requires each to be licensed; creates a breeder licensing fund; exempts not-for-profit organizations.
Enacts "Tucker's law"; removes the provision that provides that any term of imprisonment for a violation of aggravated cruelty to animals may not exceed two years.
Pertains to confinement of animals for food producing purposes; prohibits any person to tether or confine any pig during pregnancy, calf raised for veal, or egg-laying hen who is kept on a farm for all or the majority of any day in a manner that prevents such animal from lying down, standing up and fully extending its limbs and turning around freely; establishes that commission of such crime shall constitute a class A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a period not to exceed one year and/or fine not to exceed $1,000.
Repeals the requirement that any person, firm or corporation that sells or offers for sale at retail any motor fuel for use in internal combustion engines in motor vehicles or motorboats posts on the dispensing device signage stating the price per gallon of such motor fuel.