STAND. COM. REP. NO. 775

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 281

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 281, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMAL INDUSTRY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Authorize the use or rental of the Division of Animal Industry's property or facilities for commercial purposes; and

 

     (2)  Establish the animal industry special fund for the deposit of moneys received from the rental or use of Division facilities and to cover costs of the Division of Animal Industry.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will expand revenue sources available to the Department of Agriculture's Division of Animal Industry that will assist the Division in moving towards self-sufficiency.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Authorizing the Department of Agriculture to use funds in the animal industry special fund to cover the costs of the Department's resource management and planning programs; and

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 281, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 281, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair