Bill Text: HI HB1941 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Agriculture; Biosecurity; General Obligation Bonds

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2012-04-27 - (H) Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-27-12 at 5:40pm in Conference Room 229. [HB1941 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1941-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3246

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1941

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1941, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AGRICULTURAL INSPECTION FACILITIES AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds for the purposes of constructing agricultural inspection and biosecurity facilities and related infrastructure at the Honolulu International Airport, Kona International Airport, Kawaihae Harbor, Kamuela Vacuum Cooling Plant, and Honolulu Harbor.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture, Hawaiian Green Growth Initiative, Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, and The Nature Conservancy.

 

     Written comments on this measure were received from the Department of Transportation.

 

     Your Committee finds that providing sufficient agricultural inspection and biosecurity facilities is vital for performing the inspections necessary to maintain the quality of perishable commodities in the State.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Incorporating the amendments suggested by the Department of Agriculture by changing the words "Hawaii-grown high risk commodities" to "Hawaii-grown commodities" throughout the measure; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1941, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1941, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

		____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair