STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1403

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 949
                                        H.D. 2
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 949, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to enhance the use of
agricultural districts by promoting the use of agricultural
subdivisions through the Agribusiness Development Corporation.

     The subdivided lots would be used solely for the production
of plant and animal life, including general farming and the
production of livestock and poultry.  The lots would also be no
less than twenty acres in size and would generally be exempt from
county subdivision ordinances.

     Your Committee finds that further discussion on this measure
in conference is warranted in light of on-going budgetary issues
that directly affect the purposes of this bill.  Therefore, your
Committee has amended the bill by changing the effective date to
June 29, 3010 to accommodate that discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
949, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it

 
a                                                     HB949 SD2
 
 
                                   STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1403
                                   Page 2


pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 949,
H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



                                 ________________________________
                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



                                 ________________________________
                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
a                                                     HB949 SD2