STAND. COM. REP. NO. 548
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1082
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1082, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ABATE AGRICULTURAL THEFT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to develop solutions to the growing problem of agricultural theft by:
(1) Establishing a temporary Agricultural Theft Abatement Task Force (Task Force) to develop policies and programs to reduce agricultural theft throughout the state; and
(2) Appropriating funds for the establishment of the Task Force.
The Hawaii Crop Improvement Association and Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation testified in support of this measure. The Department of Agriculture supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Broadening the scope of the Task Force to encompass agricultural crime, including agricultural theft;
(2) Requiring the Attorney General to work with the Department of Agriculture in leading the Task Force;
(3) Expanding the scope of the appropriation to include operational expenses; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1082, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1082, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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