STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1233

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 61
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.C.R.
No. 61 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE FORMATION 
     OF A TASK FORCE ON THE CREATION OF A UNIFORM EXPORT LOGO
     FOR HAWAII COMMODITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the
Commodity Advisory Group to establish a task force to address the
issue of current export logos and devise a common export logo to
identify and distinguish products from Hawaii.

     Your Committee received testimonies in support of this
measure from the Department of Agriculture and the Hawaii Farm
Bureau Federation Commodity Advisory Group.

     Your Committee finds that innumerable products are on the
market today that flagrantly use "Hawaii" as a selling tool for
their products made in areas outside of Hawaii.  Your Committee
further finds that the "Made in Hawaii" logo is a way of
identifying the quality products produced in Hawaii and that it
will be cost prohibitive for each commodity to develop its export
logo independently.

     This concurrent resolution creates a task force to develop
an export logo for positive identification for agricultural and
food products of Hawaii origin and prevent misrepresentation of
origin.   

 
 
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     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.C.R. No.
61 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on
Consumer Protection and Commerce.


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



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                                   FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Chair