STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 59
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2021
RE: H.B. No. 767
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 767 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee finds that a key reason for the creation of the Hawaii Farm To School Program in 2015 was to improve the health of the State's keiki by encouraging the consumption of fresh, locally grown foods, both for their nutritional content and to promote healthy behaviors at an early age. Your Committee further finds that the Farm to School Coordinator position in this measure has existed at the Department of Education since 2018.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
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. 767, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 767, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Education.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,
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____________________________ MARK J. HASHEM, Chair |
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