STAND. COM. REP. NO. 482

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 560

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 560 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve the management and operations of the animal quarantine facilities by:

(1) Allowing the Board of Agriculture (Board) to contract with third parties for the use or rental, by the third parties, of animal quarantine property or facilities that the Board determines are unnecessary for the animal quarantine program; and

(2) Requiring any funds received by the Board from the use or rental of animal quarantine property or facilities to be deposited into the Animal Quarantine Special Fund.

The Department of Agriculture, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and the Hawaiian Humane Society supported this bill.

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 H.B. No. 560 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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