STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1553

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 281

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 281, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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)  Establishing the Animal Industry Special Fund (Special Fund) to pay for the costs of DOA's Division of Animal Industry and to fund DOA's resource management and planning programs; and

     (2)  Authorizing the use or rental of DOA's Division of Animal Industry's property or facilities, including animal quarantine property or facilities, for commercial purposes, and requiring that revenues generated be deposited into the Special Fund.

     DOA and the Department of Budget and Finance submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Clarifying that monies, rather than all monies, received by the Board of Agriculture from the use or rental of the Division of Animal Industry's properties or facilities shall be deposited into the Special Fund;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 281, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 281, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair