STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2011

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2004
                                        




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 S.B. No. 2004 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PINEAPPLE
     RESEARCH,"

begs leave to report as follows:
     
     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate $221,413, for
fiscal year 2000-2001, and the same sum in fiscal year 2001-2002,
for pineapple research projects that focus on pervasive threats
to Hawaii's pineapple industry.

     Testimony in favor of this measure was submitted by the
Department of Agriculture, the College of Tropical Agriculture
and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Farm
Bureau, Maui County Farm Bureau, Pineapple Growers Association of
Hawaii, and Hawaii Agriculture Research Center.

     Your Committee finds that pineapple is the number one
agricultural commodity in Hawaii, and it is important to the
health of Hawaii's agricultural industry that the pineapple
industry continue to thrive.  This success is due in part to
research that has enabled Hawaii's pineapple industry to remain
competitive in the world market with new varieties and improved
quality.  Your Committee also finds that continued financial
support of the pineapple industry is important to current efforts
to further enhance both yield and quality of Hawaii's pineapple.


 
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     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 S.B. No. 2004 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and
be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   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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