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1 State of Arkansas A Bill
2 95th General Assembly
3 Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 224
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5 By: Senator Stone
6 By: Representative Beaty Jr.
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO REPEAL THE LAW CONCERNING NATURAL ORGANIC
10 FERTILIZERS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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13 Subtitle
14 TO REPEAL THE LAW CONCERNING NATURAL
15 ORGANIC FERTILIZERS.
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17 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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19 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 2, Chapter 19, Subchapter 5, is
20 repealed.
21 2-19-501. Definition.
22 "One hundred percent (100%) natural organic fertilizer" shall be
23 defined as and include the following:
24 (1)(A) One hundred percent (100%) organic fertilizer -- Materials
25 derived from either plant or animal products containing one (1) or more
26 elements other than carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen which are essential for
27 plant growth.
28 (B) These materials may be subjected to biological
29 degradation processes under conditions of drying, composting, enzymatic or
30 anaerobic/aerobic bacterial action or any combination of these.
31 (C) These materials shall not be mixed with synthetic
32 materials;
33 (2) One hundred percent (100%) natural organic fertilizer shall
34 be processed from only one hundred percent (100%) animal substrate. No other
35 organic or inorganic, natural or synthetic, additives shall be used during
36 processing and no fortification may be used;
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1 (3) One hundred percent (100%) natural organic fertilizers shall
2 contain as a guaranteed analysis not less than: nitrogen (N), four percent
3 (4.0%); phosphoric acid (P2O5), two percent (2.0%); and potash (K2O), four
4 percent (4.0%); and
5 (4) Determination of the guaranteed analysis will be according
6 to methods adopted by the AOAC International. (Fertilizers and Materials
7 Containing Large Quantities of Organic Matter; 12th edition, With Following
8 Improvements.).
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10 2-19-502. Regulation and supervision -- Fees and penalties -- Guarantee
11 of elements.
12 (a) The State Plant Board shall have the authority to regulate and
13 supervise the manufacture and sale of one hundred percent (100%) natural
14 organic fertilizer, including the setting and collecting of reasonable fees
15 for sampling and analyzing the fertilizer and registering manufacturers, and
16 shall adopt and promulgate such rules and penalties consistent with this
17 subchapter, and � 2-19-202, as may be necessary.
18 (b) The fees and penalties set and collected by the board under this
19 section shall not exceed like fees and penalties set for other types of
20 fertilizers.
21 (c) When any reference or claim is made on the label for secondary or
22 minor plant nutrients, a specific guarantee of the specific elements
23 contained shall be given in the guaranteed analysis.
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25 2-19-503. Exemptions.
26 This subchapter shall not affect the private sale of unprocessed animal
27 litter, nor shall the State Plant Board regulate the private sale of
28 unprocessed animal litter which is not sold as one hundred percent (100%)
29 natural organic fertilizer as defined by this subchapter.
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