Bill Text: HI HB217 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Bill 217 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Board of Agriculture; Membership.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - (H) Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 1 [HB217 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2011-HB217-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	217
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII

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~~] twelve members:

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

(2) [~~One~~] Three who shall be [~~a resident~~] residents of the county of Maui; provided that one member shall be a resident of the island of Molokai and one member shall be a resident of the island of Lanai;

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

(4) Four at large;

(5) The chairperson of the board of land and natural resources, who shall serve as an ex officio voting member;

(6) The director of business, economic development, and tourism, who shall serve as an ex officio voting member; and

(7) The dean of the University of Hawaii college of tropical agriculture and human resources, who shall serve as an ex officio voting member.

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Board of Agriculture; Membership.

Description:

Adds membership for the Board of Agriculture to include individuals from the islands of Molokai and Lanai.

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