STAND. COM. REP. NO.  81

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1039

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1039 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE LOCAL AND IMMIGRANT FARMER EDUCATION PROGRAM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support the growth and sustainability of the local agriculture industry by appropriating funds for the Local and Immigrant Farmer Education Program of the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Cooperative Extension Service.

 

     The Department of Agriculture, University of Hawaii System, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Hawaii Farmers Union United, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, and several concerned citizens testified in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Crop Improvement Association supported the intent of this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1039 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair