Vermont H 484: An act relating to sports wagering

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No. 59. An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects.
(H.484)
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:
* * * Beneficial Substances * * *
Sec. 1. 6 V.S.A. chapter 28 is amended to read:
CHAPTER 28. FERTILIZER AND, LIME, AND BENEFICIAL
SUBSTANCES
§ 361. TITLE
This chapter shall be known as the “Fertilizer, Lime, Plant Amendment,
Plant Biostimulant, and Soil Amendment and Beneficial Substances Law.”
§ 362. ENFORCING OFFICIAL
This chapter shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, Food
and Markets or designee, hereafter referred to as the Secretary.
§ 363. DEFINITIONS
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Agricultural lime” or “agricultural liming material” or “lime”
means one or more of the following:
(A) All products with calcium and magnesium compounds that are
capable of neutralizing soil acidity and that are intended, sold, or offered for
sale for agricultural or plant propagation purposes.

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(B) Limestone consisting essentially of calcium carbonate or a
combination of calcium carbonate with magnesium carbonate capable of
neutralizing soil acidity.
(C) Industrial waste or industrial by-products byproducts that contain
calcium; calcium and magnesium; or calcium, magnesium, and potassium in
forms that are capable of neutralizing soil acidity and that are intended, sold, or
offered for sale for agricultural purposes. For the purposes of this chapter, the
terms “agricultural lime,” “lime,” and “agricultural liming material” shall have
the same meaning.
(2) “Beneficial substance” means any substance or compound, other
than primary, secondary, and micro plant nutrients (fertilizers), and excluding
pesticides, that can be demonstrated by scientific research to be beneficial to
one or more species of plants, soil, or media. Beneficial substances include
plant amendments, plant biostimulants, plant inoculants, soil amendments, soil
inoculants, and other chemical or biological substances beneficial to plants or
their growing environment.
(3) “Brand” means a term, design, or trademark used in connection with
one or more grades or formulas of fertilizer, plant amendment, plant
biostimulant, soil amendment beneficial substance, or lime.
(3)(4) “Distribute” means to import, consign, manufacture, produce,
compound, mix, blend, offer for sale, sell, barter, or supply a fertilizer, a plant
amendment, a plant biostimulant, a soil amendment a beneficial substance, or

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lime in this State through any means, including sales outlets, catalogues, the
telephone, the internet, or any electronic means.
(4)(5) “Distributor” means any person who distributes fertilizer, plant
amendment, plant biostimulant, soil amendments beneficial substance, or lime.
(5)(6) “Exceptional quality biosolid” means a product derived in whole
or in part from domestic wastes that have been subjected to and meet the
requirements of the following:
(A) a pathogen reduction process established in 40 C.F.R.
§ 503.32(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8);
(B) one of the vector attraction reduction standards established in 40
C.F.R. § 503.33;
(C) the contaminant concentration limits in Vermont Solid Waste
Rules § 6-1303(a)(1); and
(D) if derived from a composting process, Vermont Solid Waste
Rules § 6-1303(a)(5).
(6)(7) “Fertilizer” means any substance containing one or more
recognized plant nutrients that is used for its plant nutrient content and that is
designed for use or claimed to have value in promoting plant growth or health,
except unprocessed animal or vegetable manures and other products exempted
by the Secretary.

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(A) A fertilizer material is a substance that either:
(i) contains important quantities of at least one of the primary
plant nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus, or potassium;
(ii) has 85 percent or more of its plant nutrient content present in
the form of a single chemical compound; or
(iii) is derived from a plant or chemical residue or by-product
byproduct or natural material deposit that has been processed in such a way
that its content of plant nutrients has not been materially changed except by
purification and concentration.
(B) A mixed fertilizer is a fertilizer containing any combination or
mixture of fertilizer materials.
(C) A specialty fertilizer is a fertilizer distributed for nonfarm use.
(D) A bulk fertilizer is a fertilizer distributed in a nonpackaged form.
(7)(8) “Formulation” means a material or mixture of materials prepared
according to a particular formula.
(8)(9) “Grade” means the percentage of total nitrogen, available
phosphorus or phosphoric acid, and soluble potassium or potash stated in
whole numbers in the same terms, order, or percentages as in the guaranteed
analysis. Specialty fertilizers and fertilizer materials may be guaranteed in
fractional terms. Any grade expressed in fractional terms that is not preceded