STAND. COM. REP. NO.37-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2631

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2631 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEAT GRADING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to clarify and simplify the provisions with respect to meat grading by:

(1) Specifying the meat products for which grade standards may be developed and for which grading services may be offered; and

(2) Providing that the fees for grading services are deposited into a special fund established by the Department of Agriculture instead of the Division of Animal Industry.

Testimony in support of this measure was provided by the Department of Agriculture.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2631 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,

 

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FELIPE P. ABINSAY, Chair