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Show awiri M(l -- March, 1973 Utah Farm Bureau News illegal aliens. Killed S.B. 29 File State income tax in relation to federal. Passed Legislative Report Several new legislative procedures have been introduced as a result of the approval of the constitutional amendment last November. II.J.R. Killed II.B. 4 24 church S.B. 34 Flour enrichment. Passed S. B. 39 Sales tax exemption on 15c Equal rights amendment. Clarify tax exemption or welfare property. Passed & II.B. 33 Child labor Y very good Passed II.B. 43 Farm labor under workde All bills are prepared by legal and clerical staff before in- troduction. The most duplicating equipment has been installed so up-to-da- te printed material can be prepared very quickly. All amendments beyond a few words must be duplicated and provided to each legislator. All bills are printed on white paper but when a substitute is made or a bill is amended it come in a different color. Each color indicating a separate condition. Senate amendments are made with one style of print while house amendments come in another. Bills are not read any more. The clerk reads the title, the enacting clause and the committee report. Then the sponsor explains the bill. This saves a lot of time and may require legislators to do more reading before sessions. The Senate has a consent calendar. If a bill seems to have no ' opposition the committee may recommend it to this calendar. It must stay there for several days in case someone may find need to amend it. Such bills are only debated once which is very minimal and passed on to the House. Bills already completed that are important to agriculture: II.J.R. 2 Ask Congress to relax child labor laws. Passed mens compensation. Killed II.B. 44 Farm labor under occupational disease. Killed II.B. 60 Transportation of farm laborers. Killed II.B. 65 Permit 15 days for disavowal of accident statement. Passed II.B. 73 $3000 Homestead exemption. Killed II.B. Emergency assistance for migrant labor. Killed 78 II.B. Relax residency requirement for migrant labor. 77 Killed II.B. 79 Payment period for farm laborers. Passed II.B. Public assistance for migrant workers. Killed II.B. 81 Housing standards for farm workers. Killed II.B. 80 86 Recruitment of farm workers. Killed II.B. 88 Axle weight permits (conflict with federal regulations) -- Killed II.B. 101 Amend state marketing law. Passed II.B. ill Enlarge board of big game control. Killed II.B. 115 Enlarge soil conservation committee. Passed g II.B. 117 vehicle sign. Passed II.B. 141 Renew board each 5 years Slow-movin- - higher fee. Passed II.B. 146 Spotlight hunting. (Can be controlled by county). Tabled II.B. 221 Farmers liable for hiring vending sales. Passed S.B. 51 Greenbelt simplification. Passed S.B. 100 Permit required to clear flooding stream. Tabled S. J.R. 6 Ask President to relax ban on canine toxicants. Passed II.B. 211 Applies restrictions regulation to the use & development of certain streams. This is a bad bill. Killed The above bills have come under the Secretary of Farm Bureau. Each bill that has already passed, had the approval, and most of them were given careful guidance. Every bill that has been killed or tabled, has been strongly opposed by Farm Bureau. There are several bills not yet passed which are of major importance to farm people. We will mention the substance and status of several of these: II.J.R. 15 A resolution to Congress to make uniform axle weight regulations. This will replace H.B. 88 which was found to contrary to provisions of the Federal Highway Trust Fund. (Still in committee) II.B. 124 Permit a $10 food tax offset for each person on income tax to be paid. (Passed House) II.B. 165 Reduce property tax to zero mills for state purposes. (Passed House) f Uniform motor vehicle fee. We dont like it, but has us. (On Senate Table) S.B. 32 & 71 City & county subdivision and planning bills. They are in senate committees and also in trouble. S.J.R. 10 out-veto- ed Is Work Beginning Spring SLOW MOVING VEHICLES The official voting delegates of the member State Farm Bureau at the 54th annual meeting at Los Angeles in December, 1972, established Farm Bureaus 1973 national and international policies. In speaking to the issue of government spending and inflation this policy states: "The most pressing need for the future economic stability of America is a balanced federal budget. Insurance. It is in about as good a shape as we can expect (Passed Senate) e S.B. insurance We it to amended have policies. our respect membership requirement. (Passed Senate) S.B. 121 Jordan Park authority. Is a bad bill as orginally written. Amendments may make it acceptable. (On Senate calendar) S.B. 127 Purchase of Deseret Livestock property by state. Is a very objectionable bill, but again, reapportion may have taken its S.B. 1 12 No-Fau- lt U3Non-cancellabl- toll. Is now tabled by House ag committee. (Passed Senate) S.B. 130 Land Use Planning. We must start on this project, but travel carefully. (In Senate ('ommitlee) S.B. 133 Agency Shop. This will never see the light of day. S.B. 118 Air Pollution. This bill is, OK as written, but someone could easily amend out our ag burning privilege. (In Committee) S.B. 160 Farm Truck License. We must carry this with the uniform vehicle amendment. Sex Lures Traps using effective sex lures must be used more widely if we are going to achieve efficient codling moth control throughout the State, believes Reed S. Roberts, Utah State University Extension entomologist. He said female codling moth sex pheromone traps were used to a limited extent last year in Utah County, but the heavy frost that destroyed much of the fruit crop made it impossible to take full advantage of them. The traps used did indicate the periods of moth maximum and minimum activity. This can be valuable information when there is a crop of fruit that has not been destroyed by late frosts. The information will enable growers to know the best times to treat to effectively control the moths. By gearing the treatment just to those times, less insecticide will be required and the environment will TRAVELING THE benefit HIGHWAYS These pheromone traps contain a synthetic female sex lure that attracts the male moths. Counts of the moths stuck on the traps enable a person to know when the moths are flying and positioning of the traps helps to determine from where the moths are coming. Roberts noted that many moths DO YOU HAVE YOUR S.M.V. SIGNS? originate from unsprayed or PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR EMPLOYEES FROM REAR END COLLISIONS. otherwise neglected apple trees. By using the traps these areas soon can be identified and measures taken to have the infested trees removed or sprayed. The pheromone traps will be used on a study basis again this year in Utah County. The study is under supervision of Joel C. Barlow, USU Extension area horticulturist. It is being conducted in cooperation with members of the Utah Horticultural Society and with support from the Four Corners program. The extension entomologist declared, Use of these pheromone traps represents another step in the direction toward implementing integrated insect control programs. We hope that they will soon be available for use g throughout the regions of the state. fruit-growin- I 3 Kuhfuss Replies to REAP flight ARE SIGNS AVAILABLE AT COUNTY FARM BUREAU OFFICES AT COST. FARM BUREAU MEMBERSHIP PAYS Page We must be willing either to reduce expenditures or to pay additional taxes. We prefer ex- reducing penditures. The Congress, as well as the Executive, must accept major responsibility in this area. Under date of December 26, 1972, the United States Department of Agriculture announced as follows: g "Funding of activities under the Rural Environmental Assistance Program (REAP) and for further contracting under the Water Bank Program is being ter(WBP) minated. cost-sharin- In response to the announcement the American Farm Bureau Federation President, William J. Kuhfuss. issued the following statement: Farm Bureau favors fiscal responsibility which will require reduced federal spending but insists that the cuts be made across the board so that agriculture and rural people will not be required to carry an inequitable portion of the burden in the reductions. When effective programs are cut, the resulting reduction in expenditures should not be nullified by the initiation of new and costly programs. Under the REAP program, annual payments have been offered covering part of the cost of installing approved conservation and pollution land-owne- rs control practices which benefit all people. The and program is not an income supplement. Such investments in the cost-sharin- g future of America are not subsidies solely for the benefit of the landowners, and the program has been quite effective in its intended purpose. Wre believe that a federal program of g should be continued for those soil and water conservation practices and structures which contribute to the attainment of pollution prevention, enduring conservation, and environmental enhancement. cost-sharin- Farmers and ranchers are substantial taxpayers. In proportion to their incomes, they pay higher taxes-includi- ng income, sales, and property taxes-th- an other major any segment of our economy. They are interested in fiscal responsibility, in balanced budgets, in control of inflation and reduced federal expenditures since the root cause of inflation is ex- cessive spending. government "Nothing jeopardizes net farm income more than inflation which tightens the cost-pric- e squeeze as farm costs rise faster than farm prices in an inflationary period. The Administration's determination to cut ex- penditures must be ex- perienced by all departments of government and not just the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture is ready and willing to bear its fair share of the necessary cuts in federal expenditures, but we ask the Administration not to impose an inequitable burden upon agriculture. |