STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3620

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2105

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2105, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to promote food production in the State.

 

     More specifically, this measure makes an appropriation to the Department of Agriculture to support local food production projects.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Department of Agriculture; the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii; Ulupono Initiative; Ola Design Group LLC; Hawaii Farmers Union United; North Shore EVP; the Farm Apprentice Mentoring Program; Maui County Farm Bureau; the Oahu County Committee Legislative Priorities Committee, Democratic Party of Hawaii; and twenty-four concerned individuals.

 

Your Committee finds that in order to realize the State's goal of doubling local food production by 2020, it is important to provide support to local food producers.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Changing the appropriation from $1,500,000 to an unspecified amount;

 

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

 

(3)  Making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2105, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2105, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair