STAND. COM. REP. NO. 955

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 32
                                     H.D. 2




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Public
Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 32,
H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow for privately funded
industrial hemp research to be conducted in Hawaii.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
Department of Agriculture, Department of Business, Economic
Development, and Tourism, University of Hawaii, Life of the Land,
Fredrick Brewing Co., Hemptech, Libertarian Party of Hawaii, The
Larch Company, GaMeTec, ILWU, Indiana University, Hemp Industries
Association, and numerous private citizens.

     Testimony in opposition to this bill was received from the
Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Hawaii, County of
Hawaii Police Department, Honolulu Police Department, and the
Hawaii Island Economic Development Board.  Additional comments
were submitted by the Office of Information Practices.

     Your Committees find that given the demise of both sugar and
pineapple it is vital that the State explore the feasibility of
various diversified agricultural crops.  The data collected by
conducting this research project will provide direction in future
deliberations regarding the viability of industrial hemp as a
diversified agricultural crop in Hawaii.

 
 
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     This bill has been amended by:

     (1)  Deleting portions of the findings and purpose section
          to clarify the purpose of the bill;

     (2)  Modifying language regarding the disclosure of
          proprietary information; and

     (3)  Making technical and non-substantive changes for
          purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs and Public Safety
and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your
Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
32, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 32, H.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs and Public
                                   Safety & Military Affairs,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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NESTOR GARCIA, Chair               PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair