Bill Text: HI HB1755 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Board of Agriculture; Membership; Organic Farming
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - The committee(s) on AGR recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HB1755 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB1755-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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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. 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] eleven
members:
(1) One who shall be a resident of the county of Hawaii;
(2) One who shall be a resident of the county of Maui;
(3) One who shall be a resident of the county of Kauai;
(4) [Four]
Five at large; and
(5) 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 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[.];
provided that at least one at large member shall have expertise in organic
farming. 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 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Board of Agriculture; Membership; Organic Farming
Description:
Adds one at large member to the board of agriculture. Requires at least one at large member of the board of agriculture to have expertise in organic farming.
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