Report Title:

Hawaii Made Products

 

Description:

Directs the department of agriculture to convene a working group composed of stakeholders to resolve issues relating to the "Made in Hawaii" label and to report to the legislature.  (SD1)

 

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1223

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO HAWAII MADE PRODUCTS.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 486-119, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§486-119[]]  Hawaii-made products.  No person shall keep, offer, display [or], expose for sale, or solicit for the sale of any item, product, souvenir, or any other merchandise which is labeled "Made in Hawaii" or which by any other means misrepresents the origin of the item as being from any place within the State, [which] or to use the phrase "Made in Hawaii" as an advertising or media tool for any item that has not been manufactured, assembled, fabricated, or produced within the State and which has not had at least fifty-one per cent of its wholesale value added by manufacture, assembly, fabrication, or production within the State."

     SECTION 2.  The director of the department of agriculture shall convene a working group composed of interested parties, including representatives of native Hawaiian artisans, artisan and handcrafter guilds or collectives such as Creations of Hawaii, Made in Hawaii Festival, the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, and retail merchants of handcrafted goods.  The purpose of the working group shall be to identify issues relating to the Hawaii-made products law and to propose workable solutions, including solutions for enforcement. 

     The working group shall submit a report of its findings to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2010 regular session.

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2020.