STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2237

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3042

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3042 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 Department of Agriculture to negotiate the lease rent for use of the Animal Quarantine Station located in Halawa Valley on Oahu.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Agriculture and Hawaiian Humane Society.  Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by Animal CARE Foundation.

     Your Committee finds that removing the requirement that the Animal Quarantine Station be leased for fair market value will allow the Department of Agriculture to negotiate with qualified organizations to lease the Animal Quarantine Station that may not otherwise be able to operate the facility in an economically viable manner.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3042 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian Affairs,

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JILL TOKUDA, Chair