STAND. COM. REP. NO. 754-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 1947
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1947, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Requiring the Department of Agriculture to adopt generally accepted agricultural and management practices, after considering available information and input solicited by the Department;
(2) Requiring the Department to establish an Audit and Certification Program to audit and certify that producers, who voluntarily request certification, are following generally accepted agricultural and management practices; and
(3) Establishing the Agricultural Practices Audit and Certification Revolving Fund to establish and maintain the generally accepted agricultural and management practices program.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, for the purpose of facilitating further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
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 H.B. No. 1947, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1947, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |
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