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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
H.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 147-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§147-7 Inspection and classification
of agricultural commodities; fees. (a) The department may contract with
the United States Department of Agriculture for obtaining the services of a
supervising inspector employed by the federal department and the establishment
of a cooperative inspection service with the United States government. The
department, or the supervising inspector[,] with the approval of the
department, may designate any competent employee or agent of the department as
an inspector to inspect or classify agricultural commodities in accordance with
rules of the department, and at the time and places designated by the
supervising inspector or the department.
(b) The inspectors shall be authorized to
inspect or classify agricultural commodities at the request of persons having a
financial interest in the commodities[, or as mandated by subsection (d),]
and to ascertain and certify to the persons the grade, classification, quality,
condition, or origin of them and other pertinent facts.
(c) The department may fix, assess, and
collect or cause to be collected fees for the services when they are performed
by employees of the department. The fees shall be on a uniform basis and in an
amount reasonably necessary to cover the cost of inspection and the
administration of this part; provided that the department may prescribe a
reasonable charge for traveling expenses and extraordinary services when the
performance of the services involves unusual cost in their performance. No fee
shall be charged for an inspection unless the inspection was requested by a
person having a financial interest in the inspected commodity [or the
inspection was mandated by subsection (d).
(d) All Hawaii-grown green coffee beans shall
be inspected and certified by the department for grade and origin unless
otherwise specified by rules of the department].
[(e)] (d) The department may
adopt rules establishing the requirements, procedures, restrictions, and other
criteria necessary for establishing a program of self inspection and
certification of agricultural commodities."
SECTION 2. Section 147-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§147-23 Prohibited acts. [(a)]
No commercial exporter shall ship any fresh or processed agricultural
commodities to points outside the State unless such products meet the quality,
condition, and labeling requirements of the rules adopted under this part.
[(b) No Hawaii-grown green coffee beans
shall be shipped outside the area of their geographic origin to any point
within the State or outside the State unless they have been inspected and
certified as required in section 147-7(d) or by rules adopted under section
[147-7(e)]. Areas of geographic origin shall be defined by rules of the
department.]"
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Agriculture; Inspection
Description:
Removes the requirement that all Hawaii-grown green coffee beans shall be inspected and certified by the Department of Agriculture unless otherwise specified by rules of the Department. Removes the requirement that no Hawaii-grown green coffee beans shall be shipped outside the area of their geographic origin unless they have been inspected by the Department of Agriculture. (HB280 HD1)
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