STAND. COM. REP. NO.48-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: H.B. No. 2630
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2630 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A SEAL OF QUALITY FOR FRESH AND PROCESSED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS PROGRAM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Establish a Seal of Quality Program (Program) for agricultural products produced in Hawaii;
(2) Establish the Hawaii Marketing Alliance to develop and market a Seal of Quality Branding Program; and
(3) Establish the Seal of Quality Special Fund (Special Fund) for use by the Department of Agriculture to administer and operate the Program.
Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Hawaii Farm Bureau and the Maui County Farm Bureau. The Board of Agriculture and the Agribusiness Development Corporation supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committee recognizes that additional funding for the Special Fund established in this bill is available and supports future legislative efforts to deposit such funds into the Special Fund.
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. 2630 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and 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, Chair |
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