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HI HCR227
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/9/2018
Primary Sponsor
Richard Creagan
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AI Summary
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Requests the University of Hawaii System and Department of Agriculture to convene a study group with coffee industry representatives from all islands where coffee is grown to discuss challenges facing Hawaii's coffee industry.
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Directs the study group to propose a symposium for summer 2019 to provide further discussion of identified issues.
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Requires the University of Hawaii and Department of Agriculture to present a symposium proposal including funding mechanisms to the Legislature before December 1, 2018.
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Urges the Department of Agriculture to reject any exemptions to coffee quarantine rules until the proposed symposium convenes and issues a report on its findings.
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Addresses concerns about coffee rust disease, quarantine procedures, genetic modification of coffee plants, and the definition of "Kona Coffee" as context for the study group's work.
Legislative Description
Urging The University Of Hawaii System And The Department Of Agriculture To Convene A Study Group In Conjunction With Representatives Of The Coffee Industry From All The Islands Of The State Where Coffee Is Grown, To Delineate And Discuss The Various Challenges To The Hawaii Coffee Industry, And To Propose A Symposium For Further Intense Discussion Of Those Issues In The Summer Of 2019.
Coffee Rust Disease
Last Action
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Souki excused (1).
3/28/2018