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To: TimF who wrote (723)	9/13/2006 12:41:31 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10087

Funny you should bring that up. Equally strange that MON seems to be involved. I don't believe that for a second. Just nti-corp rumors,eh? Not our MON, good neighbors that they are. I don't believe this bill has passed. There is a bill legalizing hemp, tho. On Roidboy's desk. Haven't heard what he's done with it. ========== More News on Monsanto Law in California to Take Away Local Rights to Ban GE Crops Proposed legislation would void county biotech seed bans Posted 7/15/05 By: Ali Bay Capital Press (Sacramento, CA) California Staff Writer SACRAMENTO Lawmakers are considering a bill that would give the state stronger authority to regulate seeds, legislation that would effectively void voter-approved county bans of genetically engineered seed. Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, the author of Senate Bill 1056, said local bans approved in Mendocino, Trinity and Marin counties create confusion for farmers and the seed industry organicconsumers.org