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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.R. NO.              
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     HOUSE  RESOLUTION

  REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO ADOPT RULES TO
    REGULATE THE IMPORTATION OF COCOA BEANS INTO THE STATE.



 1        WHEREAS, it is incumbent upon this body to encourage and
 2   foster economic growth to provide jobs and to stimulate the
 3   State's sagging economy; and
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 5        WHEREAS, it is also this body's responsibility to ensure
 6   that new businesses will not harm our State and will provide a
 7   work site that is safe for the environment, potential employees
 8   and the community; and
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10        WHEREAS, the Big Island will soon be the site of a new
11   chocolate manufacturing company that plans to import cocoa
12   beans for use in its chocolate products; and
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14        WHEREAS, the State, through the Department of Agriculture,
15   is charged with the regulation of the importation of food and
16   products used to produce food products into the State; and
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18        WHEREAS, the Department of Agriculture does not currently
19   regulate the importation of cocoa beans into the State; and
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21        WHEREAS, such regulation would ensure that cocoa beans
22   imported into the State for use in the local manufacturing of
23   chocolate products are free from insects, bacteria, and other
24   harmful foreign pests; now, therefore,
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26        BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
27   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
28   of 2000, that the Department of Agriculture is requested to
29   adopt rules to regulate the importation of cocoa beans into the
30   State; and
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32        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this
33   Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of
34   Agriculture.
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