STAND. COM. REP. NO. 877

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 954

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 954 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to support agriculture in the state and provide improvements for agricultural infrastructure by appropriating:

(1) $200,000 for the planning and construction of the Honomalino Irrigation System in Kona, Hawaii; and

(2) $500,000 to prepare the Agricultural Water Use and Development Plan.

The Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Big Island Farm Bureau, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Maui County Farm Bureau, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, and Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii testified in support of this bill. The Department of Agriculture and Department of Land and Natural Resources supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amounts to $1; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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. 954, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 954, H.D. 1.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair