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Immediate Action Needed
Bill # HJ731 Constitutional amendment;
regulation of powers of General Assembly
POTENTIAL HELP WITH SCRAPIE REGS!!
UPDATE: HJ731 passed the full House last Tuesday, now it goes to the
Senate
Privileges and Elections Committee.
WHAT: Constitutional Amendment that authorizes the General Assembly
to "suspend or nullify any or all portions of any" regulation,
regardless of when the regulations are promulgated. When Assembly is
not is session, standing committees would be authorized for same. This
promises enormous positive effects for our efforts, as with the Scrapie
regs.
The Senate Privileges and Elections Subcommittee is expected to vote
on this early next week. Creigh Deeds is Chair of this committee. He
has done much to help farmers in the past, please ask him to support
this bill.
ACTION: Please IMMEDIATELY call and email the members of the subcommittee.
Ask them to VOTE FOR HJ 731.
Senate Privileges and Elections Sub-Committee
Creigh Deeds, (804) 698-7525,
Stephen Martin, (804) 698-7511,
Donald McEachin, (804) 698-7509,
Ralph Northam, (804) 698-7506,
Ralph Smith, (804) 698-7522,
Kenneth Stolle, (804) 698-7508,
Mary Margaret Whipple, (804) 698-7531,
Language of the Amendment:
The General Assembly may suspend or nullify any or all portions of any
administrative rule or regulation by joint resolution agreed to by a
majority of the
members elected to each house. When the General Assembly is not in a
regular
session, the standing committees of each house or the joint legislative
commissions as designated by the General Assembly may suspend any or
all portions of any administrative rule or regulation until the end
of the next regular session.
Link to bill: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HJ731
NOTE: Constitutional Amendments must pass a regular session of the
Assembly
following an election of Delegates, so if this amendment passes this
session, it
will have to pass again next year (there will be elections of delegates
this
November).
INFORMATION: Kathryn Russell 434.760.5514
Yours for food freedom,
Deborah Stockton, Editor
VICFA Voice
www.VICFA.net
Virginia Independent Consumers and Farmers Association
Our purpose is to promote and preserve unregulated direct farmer-to-consumer
trade that fosters availability of locally grown or home-produced food
products.
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