Bill Text: HI SB831 | 2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Department Of Agriculture.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-03-24 - Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ilagan excused (1). [SB831 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2023-SB831-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 2. Section 141-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§141-1 Duties in general. The department of agriculture shall:
(1) Gather, compile, and tabulate, from time to time, information and statistics concerning:
(A) Entomology and plant pathology: Insects, scales, blights, and diseases injurious or liable to become injurious to trees, plants, or other vegetation, and the ways and means of exterminating pests and diseases already in the State and preventing the introduction of pests and diseases not yet in the State; and
(B) General agriculture: Fruits, fibres, and useful or ornamental plants and their introduction, development, care, and manufacture or exportation, with a view to introducing, establishing, and fostering new and valuable plants and industries;
(2) Encourage and cooperate with the agricultural extension service and agricultural experiment station of the University of Hawaii and all private persons and organizations doing work of an experimental or educational character coming within the scope of the subject matter of chapters 141, 142, and 144 to 150A, and avoid, as far as practicable, duplicating the work of those persons and organizations;
(3) Enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions with any person, agency, or organization, public or private, as may be necessary in the conduct of the department's business and on any terms the department may deem appropriate; provided that the department shall not obligate any funds of the State, except the funds that have been appropriated to the department. Pursuant to cooperative agreement with any authorized federal agency, employees of the cooperative agency may be designated to carry out, on behalf of the State the same as department personnel, specific duties and responsibilities under chapters 141, 142, and 150A, and rules adopted pursuant to those chapters, for the effective prosecution of pest control and animal disease control and the regulation of import into the State and intrastate movement of regulated articles;
(4) Secure copies of the laws of other states, territories, and countries, and other publications germane to the subject matters of chapters 141, 142, and 144 to 150A, and make laws and publications available for public information and consultation;
(5) Provide buildings, grounds, apparatus, and appurtenances necessary for the examination, quarantine, inspection, and fumigation provided for by chapters 141, 142, and 144 to 150A; for the obtaining, propagation, study, and distribution of beneficial insects, growths, and antidotes for the eradication of insects, blights, scales, or diseases injurious to vegetation of value and for the destruction of injurious vegetation; and for carrying out any other purposes of chapters 141, 142, and 144 to 150A;
(6) Formulate and recommend to the governor and legislature additional legislation necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes of chapters 141, 142, and 144 to 150A;
(7) Publish at the end of each year a report of the expenditures and proceedings of the department and of the results achieved by the department, together with other matters germane to chapters 141, 142, and 144 to 150A and that the department may deem proper;
(8) Administer
a program of agricultural planning and development, including the formulation
and implementation of general and special plans, including but not limited to
the functional plan for agriculture; administer the planning, development, and
management of the agricultural park program; plan, construct, operate, and
maintain the state irrigation water systems; plan, design, construct, operate,
manage, maintain, repair, demolish, and remove infrastructure or improvements on any lands under the jurisdiction of the
department; review, interpret, and make recommendations with respect to
public policies and actions relating to agricultural land and water use; assist
in research, evaluation, development, enhancement, and expansion of local
agricultural industries; and serve as liaison with other public agencies and
private organizations for the above purposes.
In the foregoing, the department shall act to conserve and protect
agricultural lands and irrigation water systems, promote diversified
agriculture, increase agricultural self-sufficiency, and ensure the
availability of agriculturally suitable lands; [and]
(9) Manage,
administer, and exercise control over any public lands, as defined under
section 171-2, that are designated important agricultural lands pursuant to
section 205-44.5, including but not limited to establishing priorities for the
leasing of these public lands within the department's jurisdiction[.];
and
(10) Acquire or contract to acquire by grant or purchase any real, personal, or mixed property or any interest therein as may be necessary for its immediate or future use for the purposes of this chapter; own, hold, improve, and rehabilitate any real, personal, or mixed property acquired; and sell, assign, exchange, transfer, convey, lease, or otherwise dispose of or encumber the same as deemed appropriate by the department."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on June 30, 3000.
Report Title:
Department of Agriculture; Statutory Powers; Property Ownership
Description:
Authorizes the department of agriculture to acquire property for immediate or future use. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
