Report Title:

Animal Quarantine; Special Fund

Description:

Repeals the animal quarantine special fund.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1531

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to animal quarantine.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the quarantine law as it currently exists is no longer needed. By abolishing this fund, the department of agriculture, under Act 90, may contract with private providers, such as veterinarians or humane societies, to act as quarantine providers for those animals that do not comply with inoculation requirements as set forth by law. This will tremendously assist those pet owners on neighbor islands and in rural areas who may then have the opportunity to have a quarantine provider in their area; thus, preventing the need for them to come to the centralized Oahu facility.

SECTION 2. Section 142-28.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed:

"[Animal quarantine special fund. There is established the animal quarantine special fund to be administered by the board of agriculture. All moneys received by the board of agriculture as fees for the quarantine of cats, dogs, and other carnivores pursuant to this chapter, or any state appropriations or other moneys made available for the cost of quarantine, shall be deposited into the special fund. All interest earned or accrued on moneys deposited in the special fund shall become part of the special fund. Moneys in the special fund shall be expended to cover all costs of quarantine but not limited to the costs of salaries, fringe benefits, operating expenses, including the defraying of quarantine fees, equipment, motor vehicles, contract with any qualified person or entity for animal care services, operation and maintenance of the quarantine station, and promotional expenses. A reserve shall be appropriated and maintained in the special fund to cover contingency costs including but not limited to accrued vacation leave, unemployment insurance, and workers' compensation.]"

SECTION 3. All monies remaining in the animal quarantine special fund will lapse to the general fund.

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2004.

INTRODUCED BY:

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