STAND. COM. REP. NO.862

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1287

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1287 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate additional funds to the University of Hawaii to enable the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (UH-CTAHR) to conduct research and outreach activities to sustain Hawaii's diverse and fragile ecosystems.

UH-CTAHR, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Maui County Farm Bureau, Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Egg Producers Cooperative, Hawaii Forest Industry Association, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc., Tropical Hawaiian Products, Aloun Farms, Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company, Big Island Farm Bureau, Hawaii Banana Industry Association, Nalo Farms, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, and Greenpoint Nursery, Inc., testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Amending the appropriation amounts to $1 to facilitate further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

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. 1287, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1287, H.D. 1.

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

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair