STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1405

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   S.B. No. 327

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 327, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support healthy living initiatives by amending the Hawaii State Planning Act to include policy provisions which encourage:

 

     (1)  State residents, businesses, and governmental bodies to purchase and use Hawaii-grown food and food products for greater self-sufficiency; and

 

     (2)  State residents and visitors to support Hawaii's farmers by purchasing Hawaii-grown food and food products.

 

     The Office of Planning and two concerned individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Agriculture and Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation offered comments.

 

     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 S.B. No. 327, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair