STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1006

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   S.B. No. 320

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 320, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to allow composting operations on agricultural district lands; provided that:

 

(1)  A county special use permit is granted for the composting operation; and

 

(2)  On land with soil classified as class A or B by the Land Study Bureau's detailed land classification, the composting operation is limited to on-site use and occupies not more than one acre or ten percent of the parcel, whichever is less.

 

Maui EKOcompost Systems, Pacific Biodiesel Technologies, Hawaii Farmers Union United, Zero Waste Kauai, and two concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Hawaii County Council District 9 member opposed this measure.  The Department of Agriculture provided comments.


     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to January 20, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

 

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

 

     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. 320, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 320, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair