STAND. COM. REP. NO. 305-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 2546
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2546 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Expanding farm operations and productivity;
(2) Changing or adding crops;
(3) Investing in food safety; and
(4) Providing for workforce development.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting the amount of the appropriation;
(2) Changing its effective date to January 20, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
Should your Committee on Finance deliberate on this measure further, your Committee on Agriculture respectfully requests that it consider appropriating $5,000,000 for the 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. 2546, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2546, H.D. 1, and be referred to your 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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