STAND. COM. REP. NO. 852

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1082

H.D. 3

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1082, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ABATE AGRICULTURAL THEFT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to develop solutions to the growing problem of agricultural theft by:

(1) Establishing a temporary Agricultural Crime Abatement Task Force (Task Force) to develop policies and programs for implementation by the Department of Agriculture to abate agriculture-related crime throughout the state; and

(2) Appropriating funds for the establishment and operation of the Task Force.

The Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Big Island Farm Bureau, Maui County Farm Bureau, Hawaii Aquaculture Association, Kaupo Ranch, Ltd., Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii, Hawaiian Marine Enterprises, and Hawaii Cattlemen's Council testified in support of this bill. The Department of Agriculture testified in support of the intent of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1082, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1082, H.D. 3.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair