STAND. COM. REP. NO.1020-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.C.R. No. 124

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 Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 124 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF PLANNING TO CONVENE A FOOD SECURITY TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN TO ENHANCE FOOD SECURITY IN HAWAII,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Office of Planning to convene a Food Security Task Force (Task Force) to examine and develop an action plan to effectively and reliably improve food security in Hawaii.

Full Plate, Inc. testified in support of this measure. The Office of Planning supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committees find that food security is an emerging issue that affects the local economy, environment, public health, and quality of neighborhoods. Approximately 20 percent of residents lived in a food insecure household in 1999-2000, and many of those households are not eligible for federal assistance programs.

Your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1) Clarifying that the Office of Planning is to appoint members to the Task Force;

(2) Including the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism or the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations as a possible member of the Task Force to address the economic ramifications of food security; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 124, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 124, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing,

 

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MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Chair

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair