STAND. COM. REP. NO. 527
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: H.B. No. 891
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. 891 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LOANS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Establishing a Biosecurity Project Loan Program to provide loans to farmers for biosecurity projects to protect the health of livestock, poultry, and humans from diseases, pests, and pathogens and measures that prevent disease causing agents from entering, spreading, or leaving the farm premises; and
(2) Standardizing the Department's loan insurance, participation, and guaranty functions for all types of loans offered under its agricultural loan program.
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. 891 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,
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____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair |
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