STAND. COM. REP. NO.  260-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2433

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2433 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIVESTOCK FEED,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require and appropriate funds to the Department of Agriculture to create a livestock feed feasibility pilot project to investigate the viability of a livestock feed program on department land.

The Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Environmental Caucus of Democratic Party of Hawaii, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, and Monsanto Company testified in support of this measure.  West County Farm Bureau testified in support of the intent of this measure.  Hawaii Aquaculture and Aquaponics Association testified in support of this measure with amendments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2112, for the purposes of facilitating further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 H.B. No. 2433, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2433, 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