Bill Text: HI HB817 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Agriculture.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-07 - Act 176, on 07/02/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1304). [HB817 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-HB817-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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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. The legislature finds that supporting local businesses
and encouraging the production and use of local agricultural products is a matter
of statewide concern. This Act requires the
departments of the State to ensure that a certain percentage of produce that is
purchased is locally-grown, which will ensure the continued growth of local produce,
support local farmers and ranchers, and ensure that revenue derived from the produce
of contracts for locally-grown produce remains in the State.
SECTION 2. Chapter 27, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§27- Contracts
for produce; percentage to be grown within the State. (a)
Each
principal department of the State, as defined in section 26-4, that purchases produce
shall ensure that a certain percentage of the produce purchased by that department
is locally-grown produce as follows:
(1) By January 1, 2025,
locally-grown produce shall constitute a minimum of ten per cent of the total produce
purchased by the department during each calendar year, as measured by the cost of
the produce;
(2) By January 1, 2030, locally-grown produce
shall constitute a minimum of eighteen per cent of the total produce
purchased by the department during each calendar year, as measured by the cost of
the produce;
(3) By January 1, 2035,
locally-grown produce shall constitute a minimum of twenty-six per cent of the total
produce purchased by the department during each calendar year, as measured by the
cost of the produce;
(4) By January 1, 2040,
locally-grown produce shall constitute a minimum of thirty-four per cent of the
total produce purchased by the department during each calendar year, as measured
by the cost of the produce;
(5) By January 1, 2045,
locally-grown produce shall constitute a minimum of forty-two per cent of the total
produce purchased by the department during each calendar year, as measured by the
cost of the produce; and
(6) By January 1, 2050,
locally-grown produce shall constitute a minimum of fifty per cent of the total
produce purchased by the department during each calendar year, as measured by the
cost of the produce.
(b) Each principal department of the State shall submit
a report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of
each regular session on that department's
progress toward meeting the benchmarks described in
subsection (a), including:
(1) The amount of total
produce purchased by the department during the calendar year preceding that regular
session, as measured by the cost of the produce;
(2) The amount of locally-grown
produce purchased by the department during the calendar year preceding that regular
session, as measured by the cost of the produce;
(3) The percentage of
locally-grown produce purchased by the department during the year preceding that
regular session; and
(4) If the department
did not meet the relevant benchmark described in subsection (a), an explanation
of why the department did not meet that benchmark.
(c) For the purposes of this section:
"Locally-grown produce"
means produce that is one hundred per cent grown, raised, and harvested in
Hawaii.
"Produce" means fruits, vegetables, nuts, coffee, eggs, poultry and poultry products, livestock and livestock products, milk and milk products, aquacultural and maricultural products, and horticultural products."
SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2112.
Report Title:
Procurement; Produce Contracts; Local Produce; Specifications
Description:
Requires each state department to ensure that a certain percentage of the produce purchased by that department is locally-grown and report to the legislature on each department's progress toward meeting locally-grown produce benchmarks. Effective 7/1/2112. (HD1)
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