Hawaii 2022 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SCR169 Compare Versions

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1	1	THE SENATE S.C.R. NO. 169 THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 STATE OF HAWAII SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION requesting the department of agriculture to develop and implement a process to certify privately-owned and operated plant quarantine facilities.
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3	3	THE SENATE S.C.R. NO. 169
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9	9	S.C.R. NO.
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13	13	THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
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29	29	SENATE CONCURRENT
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37	37	requesting the department of agriculture to develop and implement a process to certify privately-owned and operated plant quarantine facilities.
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43	43	WHEREAS, the Department of Agriculture is responsible for plant quarantine facilities in the State; and WHEREAS, coffee leaf rust is a devastating fungal pathogen that poses a significant danger to Hawaii's coffee industry; and WHEREAS, the State has adopted rules to restrict the movement of coffee plants from islands with infected plants to stop the spread of coffee leaf rust; and WHEREAS, a long-term solution to the threat posed by coffee leaf rust is to replace existing coffee plants with rust-resistant varieties imported from oversees; and WHEREAS, importation of coffee plants requires the plants to undergo plant quarantine in a state-administered plant quarantine facility; and WHEREAS, allowing the use of privately-owned and operated plant quarantine facilities would dramatically increase the capacity of the State to import coffee plant varieties that are resistant to coffee leaf rust; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Agriculture is requested to develop and implement a process to certify privately-owned and operated plant quarantine facilities to allow for increased capacity of plant quarantine facilities in the State; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture. OFFERED BY: _____________________________ Report Title: Plant Quarantine Facilities; Privately-Owned and Operated; Plant Quarantine Branch; Department of Agriculture
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45	45	WHEREAS, the Department of Agriculture is responsible for plant quarantine facilities in the State; and
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49	49	WHEREAS, coffee leaf rust is a devastating fungal pathogen that poses a significant danger to Hawaii's coffee industry; and
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53	53	WHEREAS, the State has adopted rules to restrict the movement of coffee plants from islands with infected plants to stop the spread of coffee leaf rust; and
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57	57	WHEREAS, a long-term solution to the threat posed by coffee leaf rust is to replace existing coffee plants with rust-resistant varieties imported from oversees; and
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61	61	WHEREAS, importation of coffee plants requires the plants to undergo plant quarantine in a state-administered plant quarantine facility; and
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65	65	WHEREAS, allowing the use of privately-owned and operated plant quarantine facilities would dramatically increase the capacity of the State to import coffee plant varieties that are resistant to coffee leaf rust; now, therefore,
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69	69	BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Agriculture is requested to develop and implement a process to certify privately-owned and operated plant quarantine facilities to allow for increased capacity of plant quarantine facilities in the State; and
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73	73	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture.
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81	81	OFFERED BY: _____________________________
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95	95	Plant Quarantine Facilities; Privately-Owned and Operated; Plant Quarantine Branch; Department of Agriculture