STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3634
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 1969
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1969, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD SUSTAINABILITY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys for the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with the Office of Planning and Department of Land and Natural Resources, to prepare and periodically update a seafood management study that includes wild seafood as a viable food source.
Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Fishermen's Alliance for Conservation and Tradition, and the Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii.
Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Agriculture, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Office of Planning.
Your Committee finds that requiring a regularly updated seafood management study, including wild seafood, will assist the State in increasing food security and food self-sufficiency.
Your Committee has amended this measure by designating the Department of Land and Natural Resources, rather than the Department of Agriculture, as the lead agency on the required study.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1969, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1969, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair |
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