Bill Text: HI HB247 | 2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Agriculture.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-03-20 - The committee on HRE deferred the measure. [HB247 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2023-HB247-Amended.html
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that supporting local agriculture and strengthening local food systems are a matter of statewide concern that can improve the resilience of Hawaii's economy, environment, culture, and public health. The legislature further finds that setting clear and ambitious target goals for the purchase of locally grown food ensures that the State plays its role in supporting local farmers and guarantees that revenue derived from local produce remains in the State and feeds local people. Act 175, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, established a programmatic goal for the department of education to provide a minimum of thirty per cent locally sourced food in Hawaii public school meals by 2030. In addition, the legislature also passed Act 176, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, which established five-year benchmarks ensuring a certain percentage of produce that is purchased by state departments is locally grown.
The legislature also finds that the
existing goals set different standards for various state departments. Specifically, the programmatic goal for the
department of education is to locally source at least thirty per cent of food
served in public schools by 2030, which is higher than other state
departments. Furthermore, the department
of education's progress towards its goal suggests that other state departments
should be held to the same standard for the benefit of the people of Hawaii. The legislature believes that the goals to
provide locally-sourced food should be consistent across all pertinent state
departments to avoid any confusion between departments.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to:
(1) Increase the percentages of local agricultural products that certain state departments and the University of Hawaii system are required to purchase by certain deadlines;
(2) Expand the annual reporting requirements to include total spending by certain market channels;
(3) Require each relevant state department and the University of Hawaii system to include a corrective action plan in its respective report to the legislature, should it not meet its benchmark;
(4) Repeal the separate benchmark for the department of education that requires thirty per cent of food served in public schools to consist of locally sourced products by 2030; and
(5) Appropriate funds for the establishment of a farm-to-state liaison within the office of the governor to facilitate with reporting requirements and procurement of locally grown food.
SECTION 2. Section 27-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:
"(a) The department of education, department of health, department of public safety, department of defense, and University of Hawaii system shall each ensure that a certain percentage of the food purchased for public schools, youth campuses, public hospitals, public prisons, and any purchases made directly by the University of Hawaii for use in its academic programs, as applicable, is fresh local agricultural products and local value-added, processed, agricultural, or food products as follows:
(1) By January 1,
2025, fresh local agricultural products and local value-added, processed,
agricultural, or food products shall constitute a minimum of [ten] twenty-five
per cent of the total food purchased during each calendar year, as measured by
the per cent of total food cost;
(2) By January 1, 2030, fresh local
agricultural products and local value-added, processed, agricultural, or food
products shall constitute a minimum of [eighteen] thirty per cent
of the total food purchased during each calendar year, as measured by
the per cent of total food cost;
(3) By January 1,
2035, fresh local agricultural products and local value-added, processed,
agricultural, or food products shall constitute a minimum of [twenty-six]
thirty-five per cent of the total food purchased during each calendar
year, as measured by the per cent of total food cost;
(4) By January 1,
2040, fresh local agricultural products and local value-added, processed,
agricultural, or food products shall constitute a minimum of [thirty-four]
forty per cent of the total food purchased during each calendar year, as
measured by the per cent of total food cost;
(5) By January 1,
2045, fresh local agricultural products and local value-added, processed,
agricultural, or food products shall constitute a minimum of [forty-two]
forty-five per cent of the total food purchased during each calendar
year, as measured by the per cent of total food cost; and
(6) By January 1, 2050, fresh local agricultural products and local value-added, processed, agricultural, or food products shall constitute a minimum of fifty per cent of the total food purchased during each calendar year, as measured by the per cent of total food cost.
(b) The department of education, department of health, department of public safety, department of defense, and University of Hawaii system shall each submit a report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session on progress made toward meeting the benchmarks described in subsection (a), including:
(1) The total cost of food purchased during the calendar year preceding that regular session, or in the case of the department of education, during the school year preceding that regular session;
(2) The percentage of
the total cost of food purchased during the calendar year preceding that
regular session, accounted for by the total cost of fresh local agricultural
products and local value-added, processed, agricultural, or food products
purchased, or in the case of the department of education, during the school
year preceding that regular session; [and]
(3) Total spending
by the following market channels:
(A) Directly
from a farmer, fisher, rancher, or food processor;
(B) A
food hub or farmer cooperative focused on local sourcing; and
(C) A
specialty or broadline distributor; and
[(3)] (4) If the department or University of
Hawaii system did not meet the relevant benchmark described in subsection (a),
an explanation of why the department or University of Hawaii system did not
meet that benchmark[.] and a corrective action plan with specific
steps and deadlines to meet the benchmark."
SECTION 3. Act 278, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, section 29, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Sections 27-8, 202-10, 304A-1751, 304A-1752, 304A-1753, 304A-1754, 321-193.5, 329B-2.5, 351-11, 352-10, 353-1, 353-6.5, 353-8, 353-10, 353-10.5, 353-11.5, 353-13.1, 353-13.4, 353-16.37, 353-63.5, 353-131, 353-137, 353E-1, 353E-2, 353G-2, 353G-3, 353G-4, 353G-5, 353G-6, 353G-13, 353G-14, 353G-16, 353H-2, 353H-2.5, 353H-3, 353H-4, 353H-6, 353H-7, 353H-8, 353H-31, 353H-32, 353L-3, 353L-5, 354D-1, 354D-2, 354D-8, 367D-2, 367D-8, 662-16, 706-604, 706-646, 706-667, 706-668.5, 706-669, 706-670, 706-670.5, 706-672, 706-673, 801D-4, 804-7, 844D-34, 844D-82, 844D-111, 846-11, 846-54, and 846E-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, are amended by substituting the phrase "department of corrections and rehabilitation", or similar term, wherever the phrase "department of public safety", or similar term, appears."
SECTION 4. Section 302A-405.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.
["[§302A-405.6] Farm
to school meals. (a) By 2030, the department shall meet the local
farm to school meal goal that thirty per cent of food served in public
schools shall consist of locally sourced products, as measured by the percentage of the total
cost of food.
(b)
The department shall submit an annual report to the legislature no
later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session,
beginning with the regular session of 2022, containing the following information:
(1) The status of
the department's progress in meeting the local farm to school meal goal;
(2) The percentage of food served in public schools that
consists of locally sourced products, by county, as measured by the percentage of the total cost of food;
(3) The costs associated with the farm to school
meals program and any savings realized;
(4) A list of all large purchases of locally
sourced products and the identity of the seller;
(5) A list of meals on a school menu consisting
of the largest percentage of locally sourced products, as measured by
the percentage of the total cost of food;
(6) The percentage of fresh food served, by
county, as measured by the percentage of the total cost of food;
(7) The percentage of processed food served,
by county, as measured by the
percentage of the total cost of food;
(8) A description of the training conducted to
prepare cafeteria staff for cooking meals from scratch; and
(9) The percentage of locally sourced products
purchased from the department's largest distributors, as measured by the
percentage of the total cost of food.
(c) For the purposes of this section:
"Fresh local agricultural products"
means fruits, vegetables, nuts, coffee, eggs, poultry and poultry products,
livestock and livestock products, milk and milk products, aquacultural and
maricultural products, and horticultural products that are one hundred per cent
grown, raised, and harvested in Hawaii.
"Local value-added processed,
agricultural, or food products" means at least fifty-one per cent of the
product's primary agricultural product shall be grown, raised, and harvested in
Hawaii.
"Locally sourced products" means
fresh local agricultural products or local value-added processed, agricultural,
or food products.
"Primary agricultural product"
means the major agricultural product in a processed or value-added agricultural
or food product."]
SECTION 5. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2023-2024 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the establishment of one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) permanent farm-to-state liaison position within the office of the governor to facilitate the reporting requirements and procurement of locally grown food to meet the requirements of section 27-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the office of the governor for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect on June 30, 3000; provided that section 3 shall take effect on January 1, 2024, and section 5 shall take effect on July 1, 2023.
Report Title:
Food Contracts; Local Agricultural Products; Benchmarks; Reporting Requirements; Farm-to-state Liaison; Appropriation
Description:
Increases the percentages of local agricultural products that certain departments are required to purchase by certain deadlines. Expands annual reporting requirements to include the total spending by certain market channels. Requires the University of Hawaii system to include a corrective action plan in its respective report to the legislature, should it not meet its benchmark. Repeals the separate benchmark for the department of education that requires thirty per cent of food served in public schools to consist of locally sourced products by 2030. Appropriates funds for the establishment of a farm-to-state liaison within the office of the governor. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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