STAND. COM. REP. 2425

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2369

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 2369 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KOMOHANA RESEARCH AND OUTREACH CENTER,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds and to make an appropriation for the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawaii-Hilo, for purposes of designing, constructing, and equipping renovations and building replacement greenhouses at the Komohana Research and Outreach Center.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the University of Hawaii, Nalo Farms, and Hawaiian Host.

Your Committees find that the proposed renovation and improvement of the Komohana Research and Outreach Center will benefit the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawaii-Hilo, Hawaii Community College, and stakeholders in the college. The current facilities are outdated and the faculty are split between two sites, the other being the Beaumont Agricultural Research Center on campus.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Water, Land, and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2369 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Water, Land, and Agriculture,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair