North Dakota Stockmen’s Association President Jason Leiseth says House Bill 1275 reconfigures parts of the state beef checkoff system to increase awareness and transparency. “It relates to the appointment process and how we get that notification out for the open positions.” Another bill, 1436 also relates to the creation of beef commission districts. Leiseth says there’s too many open questions with HB 1436. “Currently, the process is an appointed process and this bill would change it to a nominated process. My fear with this is that we would lose representation of groups of people like the dairy and feeder industry.” Sam Wagner represented the Dakota Resource Council, testifying in opposition to HB 1275. “We still believe that direct democracy is better than the appointment of individuals from an elected official. The way the current system is set up will only keep working toward the status quo and real performance needed in the (North Dakota) Beef Commission.”
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