STAND. COM. REP. NO. 420

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1381
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B.
No. 1381 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR MARKETING
     DEVELOPMENT OF CERTIFIED ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTS IN HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as referred to your Committee, is
to provide State funds to support the marketing development of
certified organic food products in Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that the Hawaii organic commodity is a
growing and promising industry that needs public awareness and
exposure on procedures and benefits of organic certified
products.  Your Committee further finds that the development of
markets for this emerging and high growth industry will greatly
assist the development of a strong and viable organic agriculture
industry in the State.

     This bill appropriates funds to the Department of
Agriculture for fiscal year 1999-2000 for market development of
Hawaii-grown certified organic products and to stimulate the
State's economy throught the production and sale of certified
organic products.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the sum on
page 1, line 19, from "$100,000" to "$1."  Your Committee further
amended this bill by deleting on page 2, lines 1 to 3, "and the

 
 
 
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same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year
2000-2001."

     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.
1381, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1381, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.


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



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                                   FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Chair