HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                           THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                            REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

                             COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
                       Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine, Chairman
                    Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami, Vice Chairman
           Rep. Lei Ahu Isa                  Rep. Iris Ikeda Catalani
           Rep. Kenny Goodenow               Rep. Michael P. Kahikina
           Rep. Ezra R. Kanoho               Rep. Sylvia Luke
           Rep. Bob Nakasone                 Rep. Scott K. Saiki
           Rep. Brian Schatz                 Rep. Nathan Suzuki
           Rep. Brian Y. Yamane              Rep. Galen Fox
           Rep. Barbara Marumoto             Rep. Colleen Meyer
           Rep. Mark Moses

                               NOTICE OF HEARING

                DATE:    Wednesday, February 24, 1999
                TIME:    12:30 P.M.
                PLACE:   Conference Room 308, State Capitol

                                A G E N D A # 3

HB 1668       MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR TARO RESEARCH.
HSCR 341      Appropriates funds for taro research by the University of Hawaii
           college of tropical agriculture and human resources. (AGR,FIN)

HB 1632 HD2   RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
HSCR 560      Appropriates $100,000 for fiscal year 1999-2000 to develop new markets
           and expand existing market for Hawaii's papaya industry; provided the
           Papaya Administrative Committee provides $50,000 for this purpose.
           (AGR,FIN)

HB 557 HD1    MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR TROPICAL FLOWER RESEARCH AND PROGRAMS.
HSCR 301      Appropriates funds for tropical flower research and programs. (AGR,FIN)

HB 333 HD1    MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AGRICULTURE.
HSCR 318      Appropriates funds for agriculture for fiscal year 1999-2000. (AGR,FIN)

HB 1380       MAKING AN INTERIM APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
HSCR 557      AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION.
           Appropriates funds as an interim subsidy to the department of
           agriculture until a water toll increase is put into effect.
           (AGR/WLU,FIN)

HB 980 HD1    RELATING TO IRRIGATION WATER DEVELOPMENT.
HSCR 338      Assess only cultivatable lands within the irrigation district
           boundaries. (AGR,FIN)

HB 948 HD1    MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AGRICULTURAL WATER USE AND DEVELOPMENT
HSCR 119      PLAN.
           Appropriates funds to implement the agricultural water use and
           development plan. (AGR,FIN)

HB 898 HD1    RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AGRICULTURAL WATER SYSTEM FOR
HSCR 320      UPCOUNTRY MAUI.
           Establishes a separate agricultural water supply and delivery system
           under the board of agriculture for the farms in upcountry Maui.
           (AGR,FIN)







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                                         Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine
                                         Chairman