STAND. COM. REP. NO.  570

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 891

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 891 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Office of the Governor and the Board of Agriculture to develop a strategic plan outlining benchmarks to achieve the Governor's goal of doubling food production by 2020.

 

     The Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, and several concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Agriculture supported the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Requiring the Department of Agriculture, rather than the Board of Agriculture, to establish the strategic plan in cooperation with the Office of the Governor; and

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 31, 2150.

 

     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 H.B. No. 891, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 891, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RICHARD P. CREAGAN, Chair