STAND. COM. REP. 31

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 156

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 156 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII FORESTRY AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

"The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to support the efforts of the Hawaii Forestry and Community Initiative.

Hawaii's Forest Industry Association, The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, Hawaii Leeward Planning Conference, Hawaii Farm Bureau and Hawaii Agriculture Research Center testified in support of this measure. The Board of Agriculture and the Board of Land and Natural Resources testified in support of the intent of this bill.

Your Committee finds that the activities of the Hawaii Forestry and Communities Initiative play a pivotal role in bringing focus and direction to Hawaii's forestry industry that has a potential to put vacant agricultural lands into productive use and diversify Hawaii's economy.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 156 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 Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair