STAND. COM. REP. NO. 28
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 281
S.D. 1
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 281 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMAL INDUSTRY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the use or rental of the Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Industry's property or facilities for commercial purposes. This measure also establishes the Animal Industry Special Fund and makes an appropriation.
Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Agriculture.
Your Committee finds that authorizing the commercial use of all Division of Animal Industry's property and facilities, rather than limiting the authority to animal quarantine properties and facilities, provides greater resources to assist the Division in moving towards self-sufficiency.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Removing section 3 of the measure in order to continue to allow monies received for the use of animal quarantine property or facilities pursuant to section 142-3.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be deposited into the Animal Quarantine Special Fund; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
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, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 281, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,
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____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair |
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