STAND. COM. REP. NO.  341

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 446

      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. 446 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURAL PARK,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support sustainable farming, diversified agriculture, and job creation by appropriating funds for the acquisition of land, planning, design, and construction of an agricultural park in South Maui that could be used for diversified crops, including industrial hemp.

 

     Hawaii Farmers Union United, We Are One, Inc., and many concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Agriculture supported the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 31, 2150, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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. 446, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 446, 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