STAND. COM. REP. NO.  369-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2729

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2729 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to amend the definition of agricultural commodity to include cattle, horses, sheep, goats, pigs, bison, and llama, their carcasses and meat, for purposes of grading, labeling, and packaging requirements for sale of those items.

 

     The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation; Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc.; and Maui Cattlemen's Association testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Agriculture (DOA) supported this measure with amendments.  Animal Rights Hawaii provided comments.

 

     Your Committee notes that in its testimony, DOA suggested the inclusion of milk and eggs that have been produced in the state.

 

     Accordingly, your Committee has amended this bill to:

 

     (1)  Include milk, poultry carcasses, and chicken eggs that have been produced in the state in the amended definition of agricultural commodity; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2729, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2729, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,

 

 

		____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair