STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1178

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 671

S.D. 1

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 Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 671, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve and clarify laws regulating certain agricultural products by:

(1) Authorizing the Department of Agriculture (DOA), as part of its agricultural grades and certification activity to make rules:

(A) Providing voluntary, fee-for-service weighing of agricultural commodities and certification of weight; and

(B) Regulating the advertisement of imported or Hawaii-produced agricultural commodities under the agricultural Grades and Standards Law;

(2) Enabling the Certification Services Revolving Fund (Revolving Fund) to be used by DOA to support certification or audit services for all agricultural products regulated under the Grades and Standards Law, including chicken eggs, beef, pork, and poultry; and

(3) Specifying that moneys derived from the certification or audit services for beef, pork, and poultry provided by temporary inspectors under the Revolving Fund be deposited into the Revolving Fund.

DOA testified in support of this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 671, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

 

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KIRK CALDWELL, Chair