STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1567
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 669
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 669, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMAL QUARANTINE FACILITIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve the efficiency of, and provide a source of funding for, the Animal Quarantine Program (Program) by:
(1) Authorizing the Board of Agriculture (Board) to contract with third parties for the use or rental of animal quarantine property or facilities that are not required for use by the Program;
(2) Requiring revenues generated by the use or rental of animal quarantine property or facilities be used to defray the costs of the Program and to minimize animal quarantine fees; and
(3) Establishing that moneys received for the use or rental of animal quarantine property or facilities be deposited into the Animal Quarantine Special Fund.
The Department of Agriculture, Hawaiian Humane Society, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and the Hawaii Business Roundtable supported this bill. The Animal Care Foundation opposed this bill.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 669, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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