HB 1558-S - DIGEST |
(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 3/09/13) |
Provides a sales and use tax exemption on honey bee food for an eligible apiarist for use in the raising of a bee colony used to make honey bee products. |
Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee, as part of its tax preference review for the tax preferences contained within the act, to evaluate whether state taxes are a disproportionately large percentage of the commercial beekeeper's operational or capital costs, including an analysis of the impact of state taxes on similar sized businesses. |
Creates a honey bee work group to address challenges facing the honey bee industry and to develop a report outlining solutions that bolster the use of the state's honey bee colonies used to pollinate tree fruits, berries, and seeds. |
Delays, until July 1, 2016, the expiration of chapter 314, Laws of 2008, relating to honey beekeeper taxation. |