HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

756

THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021

H.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 26-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  The department of agriculture shall be headed by an executive board to be known as the board of agriculture.  The board shall consist of ten members:

     (1)  One who shall be a resident of the county of Hawaii;

     (2)  One who shall be a resident of the county of Maui;

     (3)  One who shall be a resident of the county of Kauai;

     (4)  Four at large; provided that one of the at-large members shall be the chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission; and

     (5)  The chairperson of the board of land and natural resources; the director of business, economic development, and tourism; and the dean of the University of Hawaii college of tropical agriculture and human resources, or their designated representatives, who shall serve as ex officio[[],[]] voting members.

The majority of the members of the board shall be from the agricultural community or the agricultural support sector.  The appointment, tenure, and removal of the members and the filling of vacancies on the board shall be as provided in section 26-34.  The governor shall appoint a chairperson of the board from the members."

     SECTION 2.  The chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission shall not serve as an at-large member of the board of agriculture until the expiration of a currently serving at-large member's term.

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

Report Title:

Board of Agriculture; Hawaiian Homes Commission; Composition

 

Description:

Designates one of the at-large positions on the board of agriculture as the chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission.  Provides that the chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission will serve on the board of agriculture upon the expiration of an at-large position's term.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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