HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2010
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COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE |
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Rep. Clift Tsuji, Chair |
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Rep. Jessica Wooley, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Lyla B. Berg |
Rep. K. Mark Takai |
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Rep. Isaac W. Choy |
Rep. James Kunane Tokioka |
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Rep. Cindy Evans |
Rep. Glenn Wakai |
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Rep. Joey Manahan |
Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto |
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Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010 |
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8:30am |
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Conference Room 312 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO MILK LABELING. Requires milk and soy milk beverages to be labeled with the date of pasteurization or the date of packaging.
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AGR, CPC/JUD |
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RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Authorizes an expansion of the permissible uses of the Pesticides Use Revolving Fund to include personnel costs for compliance monitoring.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES. Allows for Nursery Certification fees to be deposited into the Pest Inspection, Quarantine, and Eradication Fund.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Amends the definition of "agricultural commodity" to include livestock of the bovine, equine, swine, sheep, or goat species and the carcasses or meat of those species.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes fees for permits, letters, and the registration of plants, animals, and microorganisms allowed entry into the State.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE LEASES. Allows agricultural or aquacultural lessees on state land to erect or use temporary structures, without state or county approval or a county building permit, if they were built according to the Uniform Building Code and the lessees sign a waiver.
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AGR, WLO |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Imposes an agricultural rent windfall income tax surcharge on lessors who charge excessive rent for agricultural land.
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AGR, FIN |
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes restrictions on the interisland movement of certain agricultural and nonagricultural articles; amends requirements related to the notification of arrival, labeling, authority to inspect, and importation of certain agricultural and nonagricultural articles; establishes a misdemeanor offense and increases the fine applicable to violators.
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AGR, FIN |
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
DECISION MAKING
The following measure(s) were previously heard on January 29, 2010.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Establishes an agriculture inspection and certification special fund under the department of agriculture. Requires that special fund moneys be used for inspecting, certifying, weighing, classifying, or grading of agricultural products to be exported from or shipped within the State.
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Requires the deposit of a portion of the agricultural loan repayments into a new department of agriculture staffing special fund. Requires moneys in the special fund to be expended on department personnel salary and fringe benefit costs that were previously paid from the general fund. Requires report to the legislature. Takes effect on 7/1/2010 and sunsets on 6/30/2015.
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Makes various amendments to the agricultural inspection and biosecurity laws, including the following: (1) changes the designation of the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication service fee to a "tax", (2) makes the department of taxation responsible for collecting that tax, (3) requires the deposit of fees and fines relating to agricultural inspections into the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund, and (4) repeals the certification services revolving fund, permit revolving fund, and microorganism revolving fund and transfers the moneys in those funds into the pest inspection, quarantine, and eradication fund.
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________________________________________ Rep. Clift Tsuji Chair |
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