THE SENATE
                 THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                  REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

             COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
             Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair
             Senator Jan Yagi Buen, Vice Chair

                 NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

     DATE:       Thursday, April 22, 1999

     TIME:       10:45 a.m.

     PLACE:      Conference Room 423
                 State Capitol
                 415 South Beretania Street


                        A G E N D A


HCR 5 URGING ALL INDEPENDENT DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE     ECD
     FARMERS TO WORK TOGETHER THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE
     COMMODITY ADVISORY GROUPS TO PROMOTE, MARKET, 
     DISTRIBUTE, AND EXPORT HAWAII-MADE PRODUCTS AND
     HAWAII-GROWN CROPS
     (Say, et. al.)

HCR 29  URGING THE STATE OF HAWAII TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ECD, WAM
     FEDERAL MILLION SOLAR ROOFS INITIATIVE
     (Case B/R)

HCR 69  REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO   ECD, WAM
HD1   DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A FRUIT FLY FREE ZONE FOR
     ELIMINATING THE QUARANTINE BARRIER IMPOSED BY THE
     FOUR SPECIES OF FRUIT FLIES FOUND IN HAWAII
     (Abinsay, Luke)

HCR 75  REQUESTING THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY TO    ECD, WAM
     INCLUDE SPORTS TOURISM IN ITS LONG-RANGE PLAN
     FOR TOURISM
     (Kahikina, et. al.)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
HCR 88  REQUESTING THE COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE ECD, EDU
     AND HUMAN RESOURCES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
     AT MANOA AND THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY,
     AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY
     OF HAWAII AT HILO TO EXPLORE WAYS TO COLLABORATE 
     AND COOPERATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF STATEWIDE
     AGRICULTURE
     (Chang, Yamane)

HCR 123 REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS,ECONOMIC ECD, JDC
     DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY
     OF GROWING INDUSTRIAL HEMP IN HAWAII FOR BIOMASS
     ENERGY PRODUCTION
     (Morita, et. al.)

HCR 199 REQUESTING SUPPORT FOR THE HAWAIIAN SUPER PRIX TO   ECD
     FACILITATE THE SUCCESS OF THE EVENT
     (Chang, et. al.)

HCR 205 ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND  ECD, WAM
HD1   THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 
     AND TOURISM TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO CULTIVATE
     AGRICULTURAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS TO PROMOTE THE
     CONCEPT OF HAWAII AS A HEALTH STATE
     (Abinsay)

HCR 207 URGING THE DIVISION OF STATE PARKS TO CONDUCT A  ECD, WAM
     FEASIBILITY STUDY TO IMPROVE THE POTENTIAL OF
     KUKANILOKO BIRTHSTONES AS A POTENTIAL CULTURAL
     TOURISM SITE
     (M. Oshiro)


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             NO ORAL TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN.


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7335.


                          _______________________________________
                          Senator Lorraine R. Inouye
                          Chair