STAND. COM. REP. NO.  772-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3120

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 3120, 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 ensure that animal quarantine facilities not required for use by the Department of Agriculture's (DOA's) Animal Quarantine Program be used in an appropriate manner.  Specifically, this bill requires that, for contracts with third parties for the use or rental of animal quarantine property or facilities, the property or facilities shall be:

     (1)  Leased or rented at a minimum of 50 percent of fair market value, instead of fair market value; and

     (2)  Used only for animal welfare, including emergency shelters for animals, or agricultural purposes.

     DOA and the Hawaiian Humane Society submitted comments.  Animal Care Foundation opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

     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 H.B. No. 3120, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3120, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair