Bill Text: HI SB327 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Economic Policies; Agriculture; Hawaii State Plan

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-04-26 - Act 055, 4/25/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1155). [SB327 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2013-SB327-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1066

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   S.B. No. 327

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Agriculture and Economic Development & Business, to which was referred S.B. No. 327, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support healthy living initiatives by amending the Hawaii State Planning Act to include policy provisions which encourage:

 

     (1)  State residents, businesses, and governmental bodies to purchase and use Hawaii-grown food; and

 

     (2)  State residents and visitors to support Hawaii's farmers by purchasing locally grown products.

 

     The Office of Planning, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Island School Garden Network Kohala Center, and a few individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Agriculture, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Aurora Foundation, and numerous individuals provided comments on this measure.

 

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Specifying that State residents, businesses, and governmental bodies are encouraged to purchase and use  specifically Hawaii-grown food and food products, rather than Hawaii-grown products generally; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Economic Development & Business that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 327, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 327, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Economic Development & Business,

 

 

____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair		____________________________ JESSICA WOOLEY, Chair