STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1078

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 281

      S.D. 2

      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 S.B. No. 281, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMAL INDUSTRY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to assist the Department of Agriculture (DOA) in becoming more self-sufficient by, among other things:

     (1)  Authorizing the use or rental of DOA's Division of Animal Industry's property or facilities for commercial purposes;

     (2)  Establishing an Animal Industry Special Fund (Fund) and specifying the funds to be deposited into the Fund, including moneys received from the use or rental of the property or facilities in paragraph (1) above; and

     (3)  Authorizing DOA to use funds in the Fund to, among other things, cover the costs of their resource management and planning programs.

     DOA testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Budget and Finance provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date from July 1, 2050, 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 S.B. No. 281, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 281, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair