Bill Text: HI HB2009 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Milk Control Special Fund; Milk Control Act
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-03 - Act 176, 7/1/2014 (Gov. Msg. No. 1279). [HB2009 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB2009-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE MILK CONTROL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the milk industry is of such importance to the economy of the State that it is in the public interest to safeguard and protect this industry. Milk provides an irreplaceable nutritional and dietary mainstay and is essential for the welfare and long-term benefit of the residents of the State, especially children and senior citizens. While the State's milk industry is privately owned and operated, the role of an impartial governmental agency is necessary to regulate, oversee, and referee the interaction between producers, processors, and if necessary, the retailers and distributors. Before the implementation of legislation to protect the State's milk industry, it struggled through years of turmoil and instability, culminating in a period of hostility between milk processors and producers that is often referred to as the "Milk Wars of the 60s".
The purpose of this Act is to strengthen the milk industry in the State by establishing a minimum reserve requirement in the milk control special fund that provides funding to cover all the costs of administering the State's Milk Control Act and specifying audits as a contingency cost covered by the minimum reserve.
SECTION 2. Section 157-29, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§157-29[]] Milk control
special fund. There is established the milk control special fund to be
administered by the board of agriculture. All moneys received by the board of
agriculture as application fees and for licenses or otherwise under this
chapter, and any state appropriations or other moneys made available to carry
out the purposes of this chapter, shall be deposited into the special fund.
All interest earned or accrued on moneys deposited in the special fund shall
become part of the special fund. Moneys in the special fund shall be expended
to cover all costs of administering this chapter including but not limited to
the costs of salaries, fringe benefits, operating expenses, equipment, motor
vehicles, contracts for services, and promotional expenses. Moneys in the
special fund may be transferred to the general fund for salaries and fringe
benefits of other state employees assisting in administering this chapter and
other related costs. A reserve in an amount of not less than $300,000 shall
be maintained in the special fund to cover contingency costs including but not
limited to accrued vacation leave, audits, unemployment insurance, and
workers' compensation."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2014.
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Report Title:
Milk Control Special Fund; Milk Control Act
Description:
Establishes a $300,000 minimum reserve requirement in the Milk Control Special Fund to cover contingency costs in the administration of the State's Milk Control Act. Specifically includes audits as a contingency cost. Effective July 1, 2014.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
