Bill Text: HI SB140 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Appropriation; Department of Agriculture; Hawaii Livestock Cooperative; Grant
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [SB140 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB140-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 31
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 140
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 140 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING A GRANT APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII LIVESTOCK COOPERATIVE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds as a grant, pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to support the Hawaii Livestock Cooperative's continued operations and assist the Cooperative with the development of a sustainable business plan.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture; Wong's Meat Market, Ltd.; and the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from Animal Rights Hawai‘i, the Democratic Party of Hawaii's Environmental Caucus, and five individuals.
Your Committee finds that supporting the establishment of meat processing facilities in Hawaii by facilitating sustainable business plans and emerging food safety procedures for Hawaii's residents and visitors is vital for the successful development and growth of Hawaii's meat processing facilities.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 140 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,
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____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair |
