STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3575

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2099

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2099, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys for the Department of Agriculture to conduct a study on the creation of ag-tech zones within the City and County of Honolulu, specifically the Kalihi-Palama, Kaka‘ako, and Moanalua areas.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii; the Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; and two individuals.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Agriculture.

 

     Your Committee finds that appropriating moneys to the Department of Agriculture to study the feasibility of creating ag-tech zones within the City and County of Honolulu will promote agricultural innovation on Oahu and diversify the State's agricultural systems.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2099, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2099, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair