Bill Text: HI HB1742 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Board Of Agriculture.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-16 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Tokioka excused (1). [HB1742 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-HB1742-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that each island of the State has different water resources and therefore unique agricultural issues. The legislature further finds that the complex needs of each island's agricultural community would be better addressed by proper representation on the board of agriculture.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to amend the composition of the board of agriculture by providing representation from the islands of Molokai, Lanai, and Oahu.
SECTION 2. Section 26-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The department of agriculture shall be headed
by an executive board to be known as the board of agriculture. The board shall consist of [ten] thirteen
members:
(1) One who shall be a
resident of the [county] island of Hawaii;
(2) One who shall be a
resident of the [county] island of Maui;
(3) One who shall be a
resident of the [county] island of Kauai;
(4) One who shall be a resident of the island of
Molokai;
(5) One who shall be a resident of the island of
Lanai;
(6) One who shall be a resident of the island of
Oahu;
[(4)] (7) Four at large; and
[(5)] (8) The chairperson of the
board of land and natural resources; the director of business, economic
development, and tourism; and the dean of the University of Hawaii at Manoa
college of tropical agriculture and human resources, or their designated
representatives, who shall serve as ex officio[,] voting members.
The majority of the members of the board shall be from the agricultural community or the agricultural support sector. The appointment, tenure, and removal of the members and the filling of vacancies on the board shall be as provided in section 26-34. The governor shall appoint a chairperson of the board from the members."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
BOA; Members; Molokai; Lanai; Oahu
Description:
Amends the
composition of the board of agriculture by providing representation from the islands
of Lanai, Molokai, and Oahu. Effective 7/1/2050.
(HD1)
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
