STAND. COM. REP. NO.  119

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1524

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1524 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is help deter agricultural theft by establishing that possession of more than five pounds of an agricultural product while on the premises and without the consent of the owner is prima facie evidence that the product is or has been stolen, unless a bill of sale is provided.

     The Department of Agriculture supported this bill.  The Maui County Farm Bureau 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 Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1524, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1524, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair