REPORT TITLE:
Pineapple Research


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates $200,000 to Department of Agriculture for pineapple
pest control research.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           230
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                     
STATE OF HAWAII                                                 
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PINEAPPLE PEST CONTROL RESEARCH.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the pineapple
 
 2 industry is the largest agricultural industry in Hawaii and plays
 
 3 a vital and unique role as a strong economic component of the
 
 4 State's financial base.  The three pineapple companies pay
 
 5 $4,400,000 in state taxes, employ approximately three thousand
 
 6 five hundred people, and spend over $790,000 per year in Hawaii
 
 7 on agricultural research.
 
 8      The legislature further finds that the adverse effects of
 
 9 losing this industry would be socially and economically damaging
 
10 to the State.  The industry is more at-risk now than in the past
 
11 because of recent changes in federal regulations and shifts in
 
12 market demand.  Further, ongoing research to assist in boosting
 
13 the crop's resistance to critical pests is necessary to maintain
 
14 the health of the existing industry.
 
15      The purpose of this Act is to support research projects at
 
16 the University of Hawaii or the Hawaii Agriculture Research
 
17 Center which focus on pest management, fruit quality, and related
 
18 environmental research.
 

 
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 1      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
 2 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $200,000, or so much
 
 3 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, and the
 
 4 same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year
 
 5 2000-2001, for pineapple pest control research, fruit quality,
 
 6 and related environmental research.
 
 7      SECTION 3.  The sums appropriated shall be expended by the
 
 8 department of agriculture for the purposes of this Act.
 
 9      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
 
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11                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________