HRS §157-42
Working with other states and the federal government on milk rules
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section lets the Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity cooperate with other states and the U.S. government to make milk rules consistent. It can work together on investigations, hearings, and orders, and can hire a joint agent to enforce those orders.
state agencies
The statute, as written — Interstate and federal compacts
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The board of agriculture and biosecurity may confer with authorities of other states and of the United States with respect to uniform milk control with states or as between states, and with the federal government in its control of prices of milk handled in interstate commerce, and may exercise its powers hereunder to effect uniform milk control. It may join with such other authorities, federal and state, in conducting joint investigations, holding joint hearings, and issue joint or concurrent orders, or orders supplementary to those of the federal government, and shall have the power to employ or designate a joint agent or joint agencies to carry out and enforce such joint, concurrent, or supplementary orders.
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