STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1012-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1988

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1988, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MACADAMIA NUTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to provide strategic direction to Hawaii's macadamia nut industry by establishing the Macadamia Nut Commission to administer and manage the collection of a mandatory assessment on macadamia nut producers and processors to conduct research, planning, and marketing efforts for the industry.

 

     The Department of Agriculture submitted comments.

 

     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. 1988, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair