STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1008

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 400

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 400 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to support Hawaii's agricultural industry by appropriating funds to implement drought mitigation projects and strategies in each county of the State.

 

A Member of the Maui County Council, the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Maui County Farm Bureau, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, and Hawaii Farm Bureau 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 to an unspecified amount to encourage further discussion;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  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. 400, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 400, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair