STAND

STAND. COM. REP. 526

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 251

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 251 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE FOOD SECURITY COUNCIL,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish the State Food Security Council (Council) to address the food, nutrition, and agricultural concerns of the State.

The Department of Education, Full Plate, Inc., and Blueprint for Change testified in support of this measure. The Department of Agriculture, Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, and the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawaii supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Budget and Finance opposed this measure. The Department of Human Services provided comments.

Your Committees have amended this bill by:

(1) Replacing the member representing school food services on the Council with a member of the Office of Hawaii Child Nutrition Programs;

(2) Clarifying the definition of "community food security"; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, conformity, and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 251, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 251, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing,

____________________________ MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair		____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair