Bill Text: HI SB2331 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Agribusiness Development Corporation; Interisland Shipping
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-13 - (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB2331 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2331-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that Hawaii faces unique transportation issues, particularly in the movement of agricultural commodities and livestock. According to a report entitled "The Demand for Interisland Shipping and the Impact of Shipping Costs on Hawaii Agricultural Production", prepared for the agribusiness development corporation in 2008, nearly 68 per cent of Hawaii residents and visitors reside on Oahu, but Oahu accounts for only 5.4 per cent of the total state farm land. Hawaii island has 13.6 per cent of the State's total de facto population but its farm acreage is twelve times as large as that on Oahu. Due to the disparity between population centers and agricultural production, transport of agricultural products between the islands is an important part of the economy and shipping costs represent a significant part of the cost of living. In addition, the interisland transport of livestock and produce is highly dependent on ocean shipping; shipping by ocean alone accounts for over 57 per cent of the mode of shipping for livestock.
The purpose of this Act is to authorize the agribusiness development corporation to implement the recommendations of "The Demand for Interisland Shipping and the Impact of Shipping Costs on Hawaii Agricultural Production" report, prepared on behalf of the agribusiness development corporation in 2008.
SECTION 2. (a) The agribusiness development corporation is authorized to implement the recommendations contained in "The Demand for Interisland Shipping and the Impact of Shipping Costs on Hawaii Agricultural Production" report, prepared on behalf of the agribusiness development corporation in 2008. In implementing the recommendations of the report, the agribusiness development corporation may enter into public-private partnerships with private transportation carriers.
(b) The agribusiness development corporation shall report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2013 on the status of implementation pursuant to subsection (a).
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Agribusiness Development Corporation; Interisland Shipping
Description:
Authorizes the agribusiness development corporation to implement the recommendations of "The Demand for Interisland Shipping and the Impact of Shipping Costs on Hawaii Agricultural Production" report, prepared for the agribusiness development corporation in 2008. Requires the agribusiness development corporation to report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2013. (SD1)
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