Bill Text: HI SB807 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Locally Grown Food.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-09 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB807 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2017-SB807-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to locally grown food.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 141, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§141- Farm to school grant program; farm to school grant program special fund. (a) There is established within the department of agriculture a farm to school grant program; provided that the department of agriculture shall coordinate with the department of education to ensure that the grant program assists farmers participating in the Hawaii farm to school program under section 141-11 by providing grants to:
(1) Facilitate compliance with requirements of the Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act;
(2) Implement United States Department of Agriculture good agricultural practices standards and audits;
(3) Perform United States Department of Agriculture hazard analysis critical control point procedures;
(4) Invest in food safety improvements on farms;
(5) Provide training for compliance with regulatory measures; and
(6) Harmonize the price at which farmers must sell their products with the price at which the department of education can afford to buy the products.
(b) There is established in the state treasury the farm to school grant program special fund to be administered by the department of agriculture and into which shall be deposited appropriations made by the legislature to the special fund. Moneys in the special fund shall be used for the purposes of this section.
(c) The department of agriculture shall publish the requirements and application procedures for the farm to school grant program on the department's public website.
(d) The department of agriculture shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to implement this section."
SECTION 2. Section 141-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) The
Hawaii farm to school program shall be headed by a farm to school coordinator
who shall [work]:
(1) Work in collaboration with the
appropriate stakeholders to address the issues of supply, demand, procurement,
and consumption of Hawaii-grown foods in state facilities, primarily education
facilities, and take reasonable steps to incorporate more agriculture and
nutrition education in schools[.]; and
(2) Assist the department of agriculture in the administration of the farm to school grant program under section 141- ."
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $2,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2017-2018 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 to be deposited into the farm to school grant program special fund.
SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the farm to school grant program special fund the sum of $2,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2017-2018 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the farm to school grant program to provide grants to farmers participating in the Hawaii farm to school program and the establishment of one 0.5 full-time equivalent (0.5 FTE) farm to school grant program administrator position in the department of agriculture.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of agriculture for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2017.
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Report Title:
Agriculture; Department of Agriculture; Farm to School; Grant Program; Special Fund; Appropriation
Description:
Establishes the farm to school grant program to provide grants to farmers participating in the Hawaii farm to school program. Creates the farm to school grant program special fund. Makes an appropriation.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
