STAND. COM. REP. NO.  324-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 3120

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Agriculture and Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 3120 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMAL QUARANTINE FACILITIES,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to provide greater flexibility to the Department of Agriculture (DOA) in contracting for the use of or rental of animal quarantine facilities or property by repealing the provision requiring that the facilities or property be leased or rented at fair market value.

 

     The Office of the Governor, DOA, and the Hawaiian Humane Society supported this bill.  Animal Care Foundation opposed this measure.

 

     Upon further consideration, your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Specifying that the animal quarantine facilities or property be leased or rented at a minimum of fifty percent of fair market value, in lieu of repealing the provision requiring fair market value leases or rentals;

 

     (2)  Limiting the use of the animal quarantine facilities or property for animal welfare, including emergency shelters for animals, or agricultural purposes; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Economic Development & Business Concerns that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3120, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3120, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Economic Development & Business Concerns,

 

 

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair

 

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair