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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2272 |
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
making an appropriation for the construction of a vapor heat treatment facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that tropical fruits, such as mangoes and papayas, cannot be transported from Hawaii to markets on the United States mainland or in other countries that prohibit the entry of fruit fly hosts without quarantine treatment. Vapor heat is a United States Department of Agriculture approved nonchemical fruit fly treatment for papayas that are exported to the United States mainland and Japan. Vapor heat treatment uses heated air maintained at greater than ninety per cent relative humidity to warm fruit to temperatures that are lethal to target pests, primarily fruit flies. Japan imports mangoes from Australia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand after the fruits receive a vapor heat disinfestation treatment.
The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds for the construction of a vapor heat treatment facility on the island of Hawaii.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $1,500,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2012-2013 for the agribusiness development corporation to construct a vapor heat treatment facility on the island of Hawaii at a location to be determined by the corporation.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of agriculture for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2012.
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Report Title:
Appropriation; Agribusiness Development Corporation; Department of Agriculture
Description:
Appropriates general fund moneys for the construction of a vapor heat treatment facility by the agribusiness development corporation on the island of Hawaii at a location to be determined by the corporation.
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