STAND. COM. REP. NO. 989-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2818

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 2818, 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:

(1) Clarify the rulemaking powers of the Department of Agriculture (DOA) over:

(A) Coffee weighing; and

(B) Regulation of the advertisement of fresh fruit and vegetables and coffee; and

(2) Allow the use of the Certification Services Revolving Fund to hire temporary employees to assist in certifying meat and chicken eggs.

DOA supported this bill with amendments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Preserving the rules adopted by DOA pursuant to Section 148-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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 S.B. No. 2818, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2818,

S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Chair