STAND. COM. REP. NO.  808-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1968

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1968, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COOPERATIVE 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 (CTAHR) Cooperative Extension Service by:

 

     (1)  Appropriating funds to CTAHR for four full-time equivalent ornamental plant extension agents; and

 

     (2)  Requiring CTAHR to submit a report to the Legislature prior to the 2019 Regular Session on the status of the ornamental plant extension agent positions and the reasons behind any vacancies.

 

     The Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Tropical Flower Council, Orchid Growers of Hawaii, Landscape Industry Council of Hawaii, Performance Landscapes, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Maui County Farm Bureau, Hawaii Floriculture and Nursery Association, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.  The University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources provided comments 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. 1968, 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