STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2718

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2845

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2845, 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 assess wild seafood in the State and develop a functional plan for seafood sustainability that expands the State's priority on food by including wild seafood as a viable source.

More specifically, the measure:

(1) Requires the Department of Agriculture to coordinate with the Office of Planning and the Department of Land and Natural Resources to prepare and periodically update the plan; and

(2) Appropriates moneys to the Department of Agriculture to prepare and periodically update the plan.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the OCC Legislative Priorities Committee of the Democratic Party of Hawaii and four individuals.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Board of Agriculture, the Department of Land and Natural Resources, and the Office of Planning.

Your Committee finds that wild seafood is a valuable food source for the State and that planning for the expansion of wild seafood as a viable food source will contribute to the State's food sustainability and self-sufficiency goals.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

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

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 S.B. No. 2845, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2845, 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