STAND. COM. REP. NO.  672

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 503

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 503, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DROUGHT MITIGATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to help mitigate the deleterious effects of drought on agriculture in the State by appropriating funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for drought mitigation projects and measures in each county.

 

     The Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, Maui County Farm Bureau, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Ulupono Initiative, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Syngenta Hawaii, and two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Land and Natural Resources 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. 503, 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