STAND. COM. REP. NO.  749-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2177

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2177, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMUNITY FOOD FORESTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish and fund a community food forest program in the Department of Land and Natural Resources to work with county agencies and community-based citizen groups to develop a network of community food forests that use underutilized public land to provide access to fresh, healthy produce throughout the State.

 

     Numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture commented on this measure.

 

     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 H.B. No. 2177, 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