STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1345

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1389

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1389, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIVESTOCK HARVEST FACILITIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to support, maintain, and prepare for the future of Hawaii's cattle industry by appropriating funds for the planning and design of scalable livestock harvest facilities.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Department of Agriculture, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Ponoholo Ranch Limited, Kuahiwi Ranch Natural Beef, Barbed S Ranch LLC and Poamoho Ranch, Kukaiau Ranch LLC and Hawaii Beef Producers LLC, and two concerned individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that the cattle industry in Hawaii has a long-standing history and has had to adapt its production practices in response to changing market conditions.  Recently, a resurgence in the number of cattle that remain in the State for local consumption has created new challenges for many facilities that are not equipped to handle the increased numbers of cattle to be processed.  Your Committee finds that these facilities were built for a set throughput of livestock and require major improvements to remain competitive.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to August 1, 2151, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1389, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1389, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair