Rep. Yoon Jae-gap's Two Key Livelihood Bills Pass National Assembly Plenary Session

Fundamental Ban on Manipulating Manufacturing Dates of Agricultural Machinery to Prevent Farmer Damage

Establishment of Integrated System for Mountain Area Use Enables Permits Anywhere Nationwide

Yoon Jae-gap, Member of the National Assembly (Democratic Party of Korea, Haenam·Wando·Jindo)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Representative Yoon Jae-gap (The Democratic Party of Korea, Haenam·Wando·Jindo), who sponsored two livelihood bills including the "Agricultural Mechanization Promotion Act" and the "Mountain Area Management Act," saw these bills pass the National Assembly plenary session on the 21st.

The amendment to the "Agricultural Mechanization Promotion Act" mandates the stamping of the manufacturing date on the main body or engine of agricultural machinery, similar to automobiles, fundamentally prohibiting manipulation. This bill aims to resolve the issue where old agricultural machinery is disguised and sold as new in the agricultural machinery market, causing agricultural machinery companies to gain unfair profits while only farmers suffer unjust damages.

The "Mountain Area Management Act" had many problems because mountain area management tasks were handled and operated individually by local governments. Citizens had to visit local governments every time for expiration of various permits, change permits or reports, and deposit restoration costs, while administrative agencies failed to properly manage records, leading to repeated administrative errors.

With the passage of the amendment to the "Mountain Area Management Act" in the plenary session, an "Integrated Information System" will be established and operated to systematically manage all tasks such as application and receipt of mountain area use permits, processing of permits, and management of permit details. This is expected to improve public convenience by enabling mountain area use tasks to be handled anywhere nationwide.

Representative Yoon Jae-gap stated, "The bills passed in this plenary session are key laws to improve the rights of farmers and fishermen, and I am very pleased with their passage in the National Assembly plenary session." He added, "I will continue to listen to voices from the field and devote myself to proposing laws that can provide concrete help to the lives of farmers and fishermen."

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