STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2948

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2793
                                        H.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development, to which was
referred H.B. No. 2793, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to carry over to fiscal year
2000-2001 any unexpended or unencumbered funds at the close of
fiscal year 1999-2000 for expenses incurred by the agribusiness
development corporation and to allow the use of these funds for
grants for the development of an agricultural subdivision in the
Hamakua district of the island of Hawaii.

     Testimony in favor of this measure was submitted by the
Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC), Hawaii Agriculture
Research Center, and Hamakua Farm Bureau.

     Your Committee finds that five new board members and a new
executive director have recently been appointed, and this measure
will provide for fiscal continuity in the operations of the ADC
under this new leadership.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 2793, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development,



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                                   LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 
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