Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 509 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow state secondary standards to be verified by comparison to standards, other than the state standards, upon written authorization from the administrator of the Quality Assurance Division.

The Department of Agriculture submitted testimony in support of 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. 509 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.