STAND. COM. REP. NO. 101

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 719
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development, to which was
referred S.B. No. 719 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PINEAPPLE
     RESEARCH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the
Department of Agriculture for pineapple research.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Agriculture, the College of Tropical Agriculture
and Human Resources of the the University of Hawaii, the Hawaii
Agriculture Research Center, the Pineapple Growers Association of
Hawaii, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation.

     Your Committee finds that this measure appropriates funds
for pineapple research projects that focus on pest management,
environmental research, and fruit quality at the University of
Hawaii and the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center.  This measure
supports the ongoing research which has enabled our pineapple
industry to remain competitive on the world market.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 719 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development,



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                                   LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 
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