STAND. COM. REP. NO.40-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2708

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2708 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMAL DISEASES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Provide the Department of Agriculture (DOA) the authority to quarantine or destroy animals that are susceptible to contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases; and

(2) Clarify provisions with respect to the DOA's authority to require the disinfection of premises and materials contaminated or exposed to disease.

The DOA supported the intent of this measure but requested

additional amendments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by clarifying provisions with respect to the DOA's authority to provide for the proper disposition of animal hides and carcasses. Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for purposes of style and clarity.

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 H.B. No. 2708, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2708, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,

 

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FELIPE P. ABINSAY, Chair