Bill Text: HI SB263 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Economic Development.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-08 - Act 002, Special Session 2021, 07/06/21. [SB263 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-SB263-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 201, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§201- Hawaii manufactured products program oversight;
made in Hawaii with aloha trademark. (a)
The department of business, economic development,
and tourism shall administer and oversee a "made in Hawaii" program for
manufactured products and
shall hold ownership of the made
in Hawaii with aloha trademark.
(b) No person shall:
(1) Keep, offer,
display or expose for sale, or solicit for the sale of any item, product,
souvenir, or other merchandise that:
(A) Is
labeled "made in Hawaii"; or
(B) By
any other means, represents the origin of the item as being from any place
within the State; or
(2) Use the phrase
"made in Hawaii" as an advertising or media tool,
for
any item that has not been manufactured, assembled, fabricated, or produced
within the State and that has not had at least fifty-one per cent of its
wholesale value added by manufacture, assembly, fabrication, or production
within the State, including Hawaii-sourced goods, services, and intellectual
property."
SECTION 2. Section 486-119, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§486-119 [Hawaii-made
products; Hawaii-processed products.] Grown in Hawaii program oversight.
(a) The
department of agriculture shall administer and oversee a "grown in Hawaii"
program for agricultural products and manufactured products that use Hawaii grown
inputs.
(b) No person shall [keep,]:
(1) Keep, offer, display or expose for
sale, or solicit for the sale of any item, product, souvenir, perishable consumer
commodity, or [any] other merchandise that [is]:
(A) Is
labeled ["made in Hawaii"] "grown in Hawaii";
or [that by]
(B) By
any other means [misrepresents], represents the origin of the item
as being from any place within the State[,]; or [uses]
(2) Use the phrase ["made in
Hawaii"] "grown in Hawaii" as an advertising or media
tool,
for
any [craft item] product that has not been [manufactured,
assembled, fabricated, or produced] solely grown within the State [and]
or that has not had at least [fifty-one] sixty per cent of
its [wholesale value added by manufacture, assembly, fabrication, or
production] inputs grown by a certified grown in Hawaii with aloha raw product
within the State.
[(b) Subsection (a)] (c) Subsections (a) and (b) notwithstanding,
no person shall keep, offer, display, expose for sale, or solicit the sale of
any perishable consumer commodity that is labeled "made in Hawaii",
"produced in Hawaii", or "processed in Hawaii" or that by
any other means represents the origin of the perishable consumer commodity as
being from any place within the State, or use the phrase "made in
Hawaii", "produced in Hawaii", or "processed in
Hawaii" as an advertising or media tool for any perishable consumer
commodity, unless the perishable consumer commodity is wholly or partially
manufactured, processed, or produced within the State from raw materials that
originate from inside or outside the State and at least fifty-one per cent of
the wholesale value of the perishable consumer commodity is added by
manufacture, processing, or production within the State."
SECTION 3. The department of agriculture shall transfer ownership
of the made in Hawaii with aloha trademark to the department of business, economic development, and tourism.
SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $150,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2021-2022 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2022-2023 for the oversight and administration of the made in Hawaii program and for the department of business, economic development, and tourism to promote the made in Hawaii with aloha brand.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of business, economic development, and tourism for the purposes of section 1 of this Act.
SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Economic Development; Made in Hawaii Program; Grown in Hawaii Program; Appropriation
Description:
Transfers oversight of the "Made in Hawaii" program as it relates to manufactured products to the department of business, economic development, and tourism. Places the "Grown in Hawaii with Aloha" program under the management of the department of agriculture. Transfers ownership of the "Made in Hawaii with Aloha" trademark from the department of agriculture to the department of business, economic development, and tourism. Appropriates funds the department of business, economic development, and tourism. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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