Bill Text: HI SB111 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Agricultural Commodities; "Made in Hawaii" Labeling Requirements; Board of Agriculture; Appropriation ($)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-10 - The committee(s) on AGR recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [SB111 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB111-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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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. Chapter 147, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§147- Agricultural commodities; "made in Hawaii" labeling requirements; penalties. (a) Retailers, distributors, farmers, producers, and producer-distributors that sell agricultural commodities for purchase or consumption by consumers may be subject to "made in Hawaii" labeling requirements pursuant to law or adopted by the board of agriculture through rules.
(b) No later than July 1, 2015, "made in Hawaii" labeling requirements of all agricultural commodities may be determined by the board through rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91. Any rules that the board of agriculture adopts pursuant to this section shall have the force and effect of law and shall not supersede any state law regarding "made in Hawaii" labeling requirements for agricultural commodities enacted prior to the effective date of this Act.
(c) Any person who violates this section or rules adopted pursuant to this section shall be subject to penalties under section 147-2.
(d) For the purposes of this section, ""made in Hawaii" labeling requirements" means the written, printed, or graphic matter on or attached to an agricultural commodity or any of its containers or wrappers that uses the phrase "made in Hawaii" or "produced in Hawaii" or that by any other means represents the geographic origin of the agricultural commodity as being from any place within the State."
SECTION 2. Section 147-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§147-4 Rules. The department may make rules, subject to chapter 91:
(1) Defining grades and grade labeling requirements of agricultural commodities and standard containers for packing of particular agricultural commodities;
(2) Prohibiting the sale, offering for sale, or transportation of agricultural commodities unless packed in standard containers and labeled with the appropriate grade or offgrade designation; provided that this prohibition shall not apply to the sale, offering for sale, or transportation to a plant for grading, packing, or processing, or transportation to a warehouse for storage;
(3) Prohibiting the use of grade terms or abbreviations of grade terms on agricultural commodities for which no grades have been established under this part;
(4) Defining "suitable shipping condition" for agricultural commodities which are to be shipped for sale from one island to another within the State or to points outside the State, and prohibiting such shipment for sale of agricultural commodities which do not meet the minimum standards set for "suitable shipping condition";
(5) Prescribing records to be kept in connection with purchases of agricultural commodities by persons, other than produce dealers purchasing from a producer or producers, for purposes of resale five or more tons of agricultural commodities during any one calendar month;
(6) Prescribing records to be kept
by produce dealers in connection with the purchase, sale, transport for sale,
solicitation, or negotiation of sale with respect to an agricultural commodity;
[and]
(7) Relating to the inspection and
documentation of the geographic origin of Hawaii-grown green coffee beans[.];
and
(8) Beginning July 1, 2015, defining "made in Hawaii" labeling requirements of all agricultural commodities.
In making the rules the department shall take
into account, among other things, the factors of maturity, condition,
soundness, color, shape, size, and freedom from defects of the agricultural
commodity in question [and shall also take into consideration];
the official standards, grades, or classifications adopted by the
secretary of the Department of Agriculture of the United States, commonly known
as U.S. Grades[.]; the geographic origin of the agricultural
commodities or any portion thereof; and the accuracy or completeness of and
implications reasonably created by any labeling of agricultural commodities
regarding quality, official standards, grades, classifications, or geographic
origin."
SECTION 3. Section 147-22, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§147-22 Rules. The
department shall have the necessary powers to carry out and effectuate the
purposes of this part, including [the following:
To establish, prescribe, modify, or alter,]
establishing, prescribing, modifying, or altering, by rules, such
grades, standards, grade labels, and classifications as shall be the minimum
requirements for fresh and processed agricultural commodities destined for
shipment by commercial exporters to points outside the State; provided that [the]:
(1) Beginning on July 1, 2015, any "made in Hawaii" labeling requirements for agricultural commodities shall comply with rules adopted by the board pursuant to section 147‑ ;
(2) The provisions
of such grades, standards, grade labels, and classifications shall not excuse
failure to comply with the provisions of the federal and state food, drug, and
cosmetic acts[.];
(3) The department, in establishing
such rules, shall consult with appropriate state and federal agencies
and with any appropriate industry or trade organization[.];
(4) The standards, grades, grade labels, and
classifications so established shall be on the basis of what the department may
deem best suited to the agricultural, horticultural, or other interests of the
State; provided further that the minimum requirements for the grades,
standards, grade labels, and classifications so established for processed
agricultural commodities shall not be higher than that of any standardized
product which is sanitary and which has been demonstrated to be a
commercially-acceptable product of the class to which it belongs and for which
a market has been established; [provided further that different]
(5) Different minimum requirements may be applied to different styles of
processed agricultural commodities; and [provided further that any]
(6) Any processed pineapple product, in which the fruit ingredient is at least ninety-five per cent pineapple in compliance with the provisions of the federal and state food, drug, and cosmetic acts, may be exported from the State."
SECTION 4. Section 486-119, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§486-119 Hawaii-made products; Hawaii-processed products. (a) No person shall keep, offer, display or expose for sale, or solicit for the sale of any item, product, souvenir, or any other merchandise that is labeled "made in Hawaii" or that by any other means misrepresents the origin of the item as being from any place within the State, or uses the phrase "made in Hawaii" as an advertising or media tool for any craft 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.
(b) Subsection (a) 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.
(c) This section shall not apply to the "made in Hawaii" labeling requirements of agricultural commodities determined by the board through rules adopted pursuant to section 147‑ ."
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 2014-2015 for the board of agriculture to create "made in Hawaii" labeling requirements, through rules, for agricultural commodities in Hawaii.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of agriculture 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 July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Agricultural Commodities; "Made in Hawaii" Labeling Requirements; Board of Agriculture; Appropriation
Description:
Authorizes the Board of Agriculture to create "made in Hawaii" labeling requirements for all agricultural commodities in Hawaii no later than July 1, 2015, through rules, which shall not supersede any state law regarding "made in Hawaii" labeling requirements for agricultural commodities enacted prior to the effective date of this Act. Effective July 1, 2050. (SD2)
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