STAND. COM. REP. 775

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1434

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1434, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to keep Hawaii's agricultural industry competitive by appropriating funds for the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation to pursue efforts in agricultural research and market development.

The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Hawaii Commercial and Sugar Company/Alexander and Baldwin Inc., Hawaii Forest Industry Association, Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii, and Jo Ann Johnston and Company testified in support of this measure. The College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources of the University of Hawaii supported the intent of the bill. The Board of Agriculture commented on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amounts to $1 to promote further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of 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. 1434, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1434, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair