STAND. COM. REP. NO.  186-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2007

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2007 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support the growth and sustainability of the local agricultural industry by appropriating $150,000 in general funds for the Local and Immigrant Farmer Education Program of the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Cooperative Extension Service.

 

     The University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources; Hawaii Papaya Industry Association; Hawaii Primary Care Association; Rusty's Hawaiian, LLC; Matsuda-Fukuyama Farms, Inc.; and several concerned individuals supported this measure.

 

     Your Committee notes that fiscal determinations are within the purview of the Committee on Finance.  Your Committee therefore respectfully requests that the Committee on Finance consider $150,000 as an appropriate funding amount for this measure.

 


     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting an unspecified amount for the appropriation;

 

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

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2007, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2007, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

 

 

 

 

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ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair