House Bill 1008 Dept. of Agriculture:
Provides that the lieutenant governor is the secretary of agriculture and rural development. Establishes the office of rural affairs. Establishes the department of agriculture. Transfers the functions of various state agencies relating to agriculture to the department of agriculture.
Passed the House 97 – 0. Looks like this is a pretty popular bill, but to my way of thinking, Indiana has been doing agriculture for longer than it’s been a state. Agriculture is less important to the state now than it has been in the past. So, if we’ve gotten along without a Dept. of Agriculture for this long, maybe the middle of a crippling budget crisis isn’t the time to be creating a new Department of Agriculture.
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