STAND. COM. REP. NO.475

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1089

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1089 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow the deposit of any unexpended or unencumbered funds at the close of fiscal year 2000-2001 that was appropriated under Act 206, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000, into the Hawaii Agricultural Development Revolving Fund. (Fund)

The Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Agriculture Development Corporation (ADC), Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Hamakua County Farm Bureau, and a concerned citizen testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that this bill will allow ADC to continue its efforts to develop a subdivision in Hamakua, Hawaii, without having to request a new appropriation or extension.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting the provision for the deposit of unexpended or unencumbered funds into the Fund and extending the lapsing date from June 30, 2001 to June 30, 2003; and

(2) Providing for the appropriation of $150,000 from the Fund to ADC; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1089, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1089, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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FELIPE P. ABINSAY, Chair