STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1556

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 249

      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. 249, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the Department of Agriculture (DOA) to acquire, renovate, and furnish a slaughterhouse facility within Campbell Industrial Park.

 

     The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation and the Hawaii Cattlemen's Council supported this bill.  The World Society for the Protection of Animals, Humane Society of the United States, Healthy Hawaii Coalition, Leilani Farm Sanctuary, Animal Rights Hawaii, Organic Rawsome, Down to Earth, and numerous concerned individuals opposed this measure.  DOA submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amount from $1,600,000 to an unspecified amount;

 

     (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. 249, 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. 249, 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