Bill Text: HI HB747 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Agriculture; Hawaii Agricultural Development Revolving Fund; Corporation Funds; Agribusiness Development Corporation; Appropriation ($)

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-2)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2013-04-26 - Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-13 at 4:30PM in Conference Room 224. [HB747 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2013-HB747-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  284

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 747

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 747 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to provide a general excise tax exemption for amounts received for the slaughter and processing of poultry and livestock to be consumed in the State.

 

     4 Ag Hawaii; Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc.; Hawaii Crop Improvement Association; Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation; Kauai Cattlemen's Association; Local Food Coalition; and McCandless Ranch testified in support of this measure.  One individual testified in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Agriculture, Department of the Attorney General, Department of Taxation, and an individual provided comments on this measure.

    

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

    

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive admendments for 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. 747, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 747, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ JESSICA WOOLEY, Chair