Report Title:

Relating to Milk Control.

Description:

Eliminates the requirement for Executive approval of orders amending the established minimum prices or salvage values of milk.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2815

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO MILK CONTROL.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 157-33, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) Without regard to the notice and public hearing requirements of chapter 91 and based on the specific formulas or criteria adopted under section 157-31(a)(2), the board may establish by order the minimum prices and salvage values for milk to be paid to producers by producer-distributors and distributors. [An order establishing minimum prices or salvage values for milk, or both, shall be subject to approval by the governor prior to the order taking effect.]

(1) Prior to the effective date of any order, the department shall give public notice that includes:

(A) Either a statement of the substance of the proposed order; or a statement of the minimum prices or salvage values for milk to be established, and

(B) A statement that a copy of the proposed order will be mailed to any interested person who requests a copy, together with a description of where and how the requests may be made.

(2) The notice shall be mailed to all persons who have made a timely written request of the department for advance notice of these orders or of the department's rulemaking proceedings. The department may require reimbursement for the cost of preparing and mailing the copies."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST