STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3217

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2824

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2824, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to the Department of Agriculture to establish three full time equivalent (3.0 FTE) meat inspection positions.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Farm Bureau and one individual.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Agriculture.

Your Committee finds that increasing the number of meat inspectors in the State by establishing meat inspection positions in the Department of Agriculture will promote the continued growth of the State's livestock industries.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount; and

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

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. 2824, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2824, 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