STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1117

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 955

S.D. 1

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 Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 955, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to revitalize Hawaii's agricultural industry by appropriating funds for fiscal year 2005-2006 to the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation (HFBF) to conduct agricultural research and market development.

HFBF, Maui County Farm Bureau, Big Island Farm Bureau, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, Hawaii Aquaculture Association, Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc., Gay & Robinson, Inc., Meadow Gold Dairies, and two concerned citizens supported this bill. The Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Hawaiian Commercial Sugar Company, and Kauai Coffee Company supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by deleting its contents and inserting the substantive contents of H.B. No. 168, H.D. 2. As amended, this bill appropriates funds for fiscal year 2005-2006 and fiscal year 2006-2007 for HFBF to conduct agricultural research and market development.

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 S.B. No. 955, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 955, S.D. 1, 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, JR., Chair