STAND. COM. REP. NO.  182-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1996

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Higher Education and Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1996 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MAUI FOOD INNOVATION CENTER,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support and help improve Hawaii's food production industry by authorizing the issuance of $2,700,000 in general obligation bonds for the completion of the Maui Food Innovation Center at the University of Hawaii Maui College.

 

     The University of Hawaii Community Colleges, University of Hawaii Maui College, Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation, High Technology Development Corporation, Maui County Farm Bureau, and several concerned individuals supported this measure.

 

     Your Committees note that the determination of funding amounts is within the purview of the Committee on Finance.  Your Committees therefore respectfully request that the Committee on Finance consider $2,700,000 as an appropriate amount of general obligation bonds to be issued.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Making unspecified the amount of general obligation bonds authorized;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2525, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Consumer Protection & Commerce that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1996, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1996, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair

 

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ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair