THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2015

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Senator Russell E. Ruderman, Chair
Senator Gil Riviere, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2015

DATE:

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

TIME:

2:45 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 414
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB510
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS MANAGED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Requires that lands managed by the department of agriculture and the agribusiness development corporation are disposed of in a variety of sizes and to diversified tenants to support a diversified agricultural economy.  Requires the department of agriculture and the agribusiness development corporation to:  (1) consider the diversity of their leased or transferred lands when approving leases or transfers; and (2) submit annual reports regarding land dispositions to the legislature and to post a copy of the reports on the Internet.

AGL/WTL, WAM

SB593
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Requires the agribusiness development corporation to make increasing agriculture and local food production its primary mission, establish a sustainable agriculture and local food production plan, submit annual reports to the legislature, and lease 50 percent of its land to operations that support increasing agriculture and local food production within the next ten years.

AGL/WTL, WAM

SB1162
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Prohibits any subdivision, including by condominium property regime, of parcels of agricultural lands one hundred acres or greater in size if at least 50 per cent of the parcel has soil classified by the land study bureau's detailed land classification as overall (master) productivity rating class A or B.

AGL/WTL, CPN

SB382
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
Establishes within the Livestock Revitalization Program a grant program for qualified feed developers.

AGL, WAM
[Measure added on 2/3/2015]

SB224
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO FARMS.
Creates an income tax exemption on the first $50,000 of income for family farms, family farm communities, and family farm cooperatives.

AGL, WAM
[Measure added on 2/3/2015]

SB434
Status and Testimony

RELATED TO AGRICULTURE.
Includes traditional Hawaiian farming and small-scale farming to the objectives and policies for the economy.

HWN/AGL, WTL
[Measure added on 2/6/2015]

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

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