STAND. COM. REP. NO. 31

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 140

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 140 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING A GRANT APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII LIVESTOCK COOPERATIVE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds as a grant, pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to support the Hawaii Livestock Cooperative's continued operations and assist the Cooperative with the development of a sustainable business plan.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture; Wong's Meat Market, Ltd.; and the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from Animal Rights Hawaii, the Democratic Party of Hawaii's Environmental Caucus, and five individuals. 

 

     Your Committee finds that supporting the establishment of meat processing facilities in Hawaii by facilitating sustainable business plans and emerging food safety procedures for Hawaii's residents and visitors is vital for the successful development and growth of Hawaii's meat processing facilities.

 

     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. 140 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair