STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3861

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2061

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2061, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ANIMAL INDUSTRY SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to allow the Department of Agriculture Animal Industry Division to deposit revenues from the Veterinary Laboratory and Animal Disease Control branch into the Animal Industry Special Fund to assist with the Division's operations.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that this measure will help ensure that the Animal Industry Division has adequate funding to effectively carry out the Division's many responsibilities and improve the Division's operational capacity in support of the State's farming community.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2051, 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 H.B. No. 2061, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2061, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair