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Representative Dan M. Douglas
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3:30
All right, members, we're going to call this meeting to order. Senator Hill, do you have any
Senator Ricky Hill
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3:45
comments? Just proud of it to be here again today and look forward to hopefully putting the dicamba issue in the plant board to rest at least for a
Representative Dan M. Douglas
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3:59
year. All right. All right, members, one item of business for action today,
the dicamba rules that we discussed last week sent back to the plant board. Secretary Ward, you are recognized to tell us what the plant board did when they got this back in few and precise words. Yes, sir.
Speaker 10
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West Ward, Arkansas Department of Agriculture. And just to briefly summarize,
following the last House and Senate Ag Committee meeting, there was discussion with members of the plant board of the comments received from the legislators, then had the public hearing on the dicamba rule last Wednesday, and they followed the legislature's guidance on removing the restrictive courses of the dicamba rule so we have we believe we've we've got the rule exactly where where y'all had preferred that it be and remove the extra reporting requirements for
the for the gps spray swath as well as the online reporting requirements all right members you've heard
Representative Dan M. Douglas
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5:14
explanation uh representative jet i have a motion at the proper time mr chairman
Representative Joe Jett
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5:22
let's hear motion mr chairman light of uh state plant board uh taking back our request remove those two uh restrictions in in the new rule change i make a motion that this committee approves and recommends this uh this rule goes through uh rules committee okay do we have a second on that motion
Representative Dan M. Douglas
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5:40
okay we have a motion second members any discussion on the motion okay if not all in
favor signify by saying aye aye oppose nay motion passes all right thank you mr secretary thank
Speaker 10
5:53
you sir that's the shortest dicamba discussion we've ever had so thank you very much for that hey we can make
Representative Dan M. Douglas
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6:00
it longer if you want to no sir i think representative jack you're no longer recognized okay
shut your mouth boy all right uh members the next item of business we have it are a couple of
reports that we're supposed to hear annually. First of all we have the ADFA report. Brian Scoggins you're recognized to come up and tell us what you all been doing over there this year Brian. We're all ears to hear it. Good things I'm sure. And if there's something bad you just lie about it okay. Now tell us the good the bad and the ugly here. You're
recognized Brian. Thank you for being
Speaker 16
6:51
here. Thank you sir. Brian Scoggins president of Arkansas Development Finance Authority. These are two reports from ADFA in regards to in from in Arkansas Investment Trust as well related to the performance of those funds for the year we provided the report is actually a very good year for the Arkansas Institutional Fund in that many of the funds that were invested in had their portfolio companies mature and had some
exits that allowed for positive cash flow return to the the fund which was then used to pay down primarily used to pay down the the line of credit that was supporting the the fund and the initial funding of those investments i'm happy to answer any questions if anyone
Representative Dan M. Douglas
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7:44
has any members anybody have any questions for mr scoggins saying none then thank you very much sir we appreciate that thank you okay
Does anybody have any other business that should come before this committee at this time? If not, then we shall stand adjourned.
Agenda
A. Call to Order
B. Comments by Chairs: Senator John Cooper and Representative Dan Douglas
C. Review of Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Amended Proposed Regulation on the Use of Pesticides [Exhibit C]
D. Annual Reports Received from the Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA)
E. Other Business
F. Adjournment
Documents
| Title | Type | Pages | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agenda — AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE, Dec 17, 2019 | Agenda | 1 | Official source ↗ |
| EXHIBIT D-1 AR Institutional Report | Exhibit | 9 needs OCR | Official source ↗ |
| EXHIBIT D-2 ADFA | Exhibit | 3 needs OCR | Official source ↗ |
| Exhibit C Markup Pesticide Use and Enforcement 2019-12-12 | Exhibit | 37 needs OCR | Official source ↗ |
Speakers
Representative Dan M. Douglas
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Senator Ricky Hill
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Speaker 10
Representative Joe Jett
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Speaker 16