STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 377

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 669

S.D. 1

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 669 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMAL QUARANTINE FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Board of Agriculture to rent the animal quarantine property and facilities to third parties.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Agriculture, the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, the Hawaii Business Roundtable, and the Hawaiian Humane Society.

Your Committee finds that recent modifications to the animal quarantine program have lowered the number of cats and dogs requiring long-term confinement in quarantine. This reduction has left much of the property, including the kennels, empty.

This measure provides alternative uses for the animal quarantine property and facilities by allowing the Board of Agriculture to rent unused space. Specifically, this measure:

(1) Allows the Board of Agriculture to contract with third parties for the use or rental of animal quarantine property or facilities; and

(2) Requires all money collected from the use or rent of the property or facilities to be deposited into the Animal Quarantine Special Fund.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that all revenues generated by the use or rental of the animal quarantine property or facilities be used to defray operational costs of the animal quarantine program, as well as minimize the animal quarantine fees;

(2) Making technical amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 669, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 669, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture,

		____________________________ RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Chair