STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3498

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2774

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2774, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation to conduct agricultural research and market development.

Your Committee finds that agricultural research is the foundation for Hawaii's agricultural industry to remain competitive in the global market. Furthermore, market development is another critical component in expanding Hawaii's agricultural industry. Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation is a non-profit agricultural organization that has successfully partnered with the Department of Agriculture, the University of Hawaii, and other organizations in agricultural research and marketing projects.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Specifying that the appropriation is a grant pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

(2) Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount to facilitate further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2774, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2774, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair