STAND. COM. REP. 1284

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 550

S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 550, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to expand and strengthen certification and enforcement provisions pertaining to the ownership and movement of agricultural commodities including:

(1) Expanding the definition of "agricultural commodity" to include silvicultural products;

(2) Removing monetary value and weight requirements to trigger the need for certification of ownership for any sale or resale of agriculture products, regardless of value or weight; and

(3) Allowing any person authorized and designated by the Board of Agriculture to issue citations and summons for enforcement purposes.

The Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Forest Industry Association, and Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 550, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair