STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1004

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1060

      S.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 1060, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LOANS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to assist the livestock industry by establishing a low interest Biosecurity Loan Program within the Department of Agriculture for construction, improvements, equipment, and other costs related to a biosecurity project.  This measure also updates the eligibility of the loan classes for loans that the Department insures, guarantees, or participates in, and direct loans from the Department.

 

     The Department of Agriculture, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, and a concerned individual supported this measure.  Animal Rights Hawaii opposed this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1060, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,

 

 

 

 

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair