STAND. COM. REP. NO. 811

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 374
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
374, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to develop an infrastructure for
the efficient delivery of Hawaii-based agricultural products to
the marketplace by appropriating funds:

     (1)  For distribution and consolidation centers in Hawaii
          and mainland states;

     (2)  To rent appropriate warehouse facilities at each of the
          sites, including a cooling facility for Hawaii
          agricultural products; and

     (3)  To make these sites available for use by agricultural
          producers and manufacturers from Hawaii for the
          promotion and sale of their products.

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Hawaii Agricultural
Research Center, and the Hawaii Food Manufacturers Association
submitted testimony in support of this measure.  The Department
of Agriculture submitted comments on this measure.


 
 
 
 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Replacing the appropriation with $1 for purposes of
          further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
374, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 374, H.D. 2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair