STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1096

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1525

      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. 1525 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A GRANT TO WEST MAUI SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for a grant to the West Maui Soil and Water Conservation District to establish a working group to support and maintain sustainable livestock industry production in the state.

 

     The West Maui Soil & Water Conservation District, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, and Maui County Farm Bureau testified in support of this bill. 

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amount to an unspecified amount to encourage further discussion;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020; 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. 1525, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1525, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair