STAND. COM. REP. NO.  479

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 850

      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 Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 850, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to address the budgetary shortfalls experienced by the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources' Cooperative Extension Service by appropriating moneys for critical unfunded positions.

 

     The University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Hawaii Floriculture and Nursery Association, Maui County Farm Bureau, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Monsanto Hawaii, and many concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Agriculture offered comments.

 

     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. 850, H.D. 1, and recommends that it 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