STAND. COM. REP. NO.610
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 210
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 210, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Promote cost sharing of agricultural research between the public and private sectors; and
(2) Appropriate funds to the Department of Agriculture (DOA) for agricultural research and development to be performed by the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (HARC).
The College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, HARC, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Hawaii Forest Industry Association, Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii, Gay and Robinson, Inc., Hawai Crop Improvement Association, and an individual submitted testimony in support of this bill. DOA submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 210, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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