AN ACT relating to the Department of Agriculture and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 246.030 to abolish the Department of Agriculture's Shows and Fairs Division and establish the Farm Safety and Rural Health Division and the Office of Agricultural Economic Development; amend KRS 247.220 to conform; EMERGENCY.

Introduced: February 6, 2025

Last action: March 11, 2025

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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This bill would reorganize part of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture by eliminating its Shows and Fairs Division and creating two new units: a Farm Safety and Rural Health Division and an Office of Agricultural Economic Development. The emergency designation means it would take effect immediately upon becoming law rather than waiting for the standard 90-day period. Who it may affect: farmers, rural Kentuckians, and those who work with or attend state agricultural shows and fairs.

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