STAND. COM. REP. 332

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1108

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1108 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to retain the current selection process for the board of directors of the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) by repealing provisions that establish the members of the Board of Agriculture (BOA) as the members of the board of directors of the ADC, effective July 1, 2005.

ADC, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Kauai County Farm Bureau, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii, East Kauai Water Users' Cooperative, Gay & Robinson, Inc., Saiva Siddhanta Church, and Hawaii Egg Producers Association supported this bill.

Your Committee notes that the current selection process provides ADC with a board of directors specifically selected for the unique purposes of ADC. ADC, with its focus on business and the transition from plantation to diversified agriculture, does not share the same missions and duties as BOA, which tends to focus on regulatory and agricultural park issues. This measure ensures that the current selection process for ADC's board of directors is not repealed on July 1, 2005.

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. 1108 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

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FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Chair