STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1505

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1280
                                        H.D. 2
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 1280, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to change the composition of the
Board of the Agribusiness Development Corporation.

     The bill also repeals the Board's sunset date, appropriates
funds for four staff positions, and provides for an agricultural
subdivision in the Hamakua district.  The bill also requires the
Board to submit an annual report to the Legislature on various
issues including diversified agriculture, farm credit, start-up
farming operations, tax incentives, and transport and
distribution programs.

     Your Committee has amended the bill by changing the
effective date to June 30, 2001.

     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.
1280, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1280,
H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

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



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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