STAND. COM. REP. NO. 101

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1317

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1317 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to abolish the Agribusiness Development Corporation and transfer its responsibilities and functions to the Department of Agriculture.

 

     Testimony in opposition of this measure was submitted by two state agencies and five organizations.  Copies of written testimony are available for review on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that with the economic downturn affecting the state budget, a comprehensive reexamination of the structure of the state government is necessary to ensure that all available avenues have been explored to accomplish more with fewer resources.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by amending the effective date to July 1, 2050 for the purpose of encouraging further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1317, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1317, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair