STAND. COM. REP. NO. 39

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1337

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 1337 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIVESTOCK,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the Hawaii Livestock Cooperative to stabilize operations at the Cooperative's slaughter facility.  This measure also requires the Hawaii Livestock Cooperative to prepare a sustainable business plan that includes:

 

     (1)  Planned use of the funds received;

 

     (2)  Pro forma financial statements; and

 

     (3)  Commitments from various meat industry stakeholders.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Wong's Meat Market, Ltd. and the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from Animal Rights Hawaii and four individuals.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Agriculture. 

 

     Your Committee finds that continued operation of the Hawaii Livestock Cooperative will contribute to the State's food security and will protect the public's health, safety, and welfare.  The requirement that the Hawaii Livestock Cooperative prepare a sustainable business plan will provide transparency while helping move Hawaii to greater food self sufficiency. 

 

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

 

     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 S.B. No. 1337, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1337, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair