STAND. COM. REP. NO. 52-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2789
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B.
No. 2789 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HAWAIIAN
     ORGANIC AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to enable
the Hawaii Organic Farmers Association to develop local and
overseas markets for Hawaii-grown organic produce.

     Testimony in support of this bill was submitted by a member
of the Hawaii County Council, the University of Hawaii College of
Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, the Hawaii Farm Bureau
Federation, the Maui County Farm Bureau, the Big Island Farm
Bureau, the Hamakua Farm Bureau, the Hawaii Organic Farmers
Association, Maui Pineapple Company, Ltd., Hawaii Mamaki Tea
Plantation, Melody Farm, Unity Food, Puna Organics, Papalele
Farm, Hawaiian Moons Natural Foods, Inc., Hawaii-chi Trading
Company, Hawaiian Herbal Supply, the Organic Certification
Program of the Hawaii Organic Farmers Association, Ono Organic
Farms, Source Natural Foods, Maui Medicinal Herbs, Inc., the
Sierra Club, Hawai'i Chapter, and numerous individuals.  Comments
were submitted by the Department of Agriculture.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Decreasing the total amount of the appropriation from
          $80,000 to $50,000;

 
 
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     (2)  Deleting the appropriated amounts that are encompassed
          under the total appropriation; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of clarity and style.

     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.
2789, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2789, 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