STAND. COM. REP. NO.  857

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1389

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1389, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIVESTOCK HARVEST FACILITIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support, maintain, and prepare for the future of Hawaii's cattle industry by appropriating funds for the planning and design of scalable livestock harvest facilities.

 

     Hawaii Farm Bureau; Hawaii Crop Improvement Association; Parker Ranch, Inc.; Maui Cattlemen's Association; Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc.; Ponoholo Ranch Limited; McCandless Ranch; Paniolo Cattle Company; and several concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Agriculture provided comments.

 

     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. 1389, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair