Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 212 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to implement the agricultural water use and development plan.

The Commission on Water Resource Management of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Del Monte Fresh Produce (Hawaii), Inc., Maui Pineapple Company, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and the Maui Farm Bureau testified in support of this measure. The Big Island Farm Bureau and the Department of Agriculture submitted comments in support of this measure.

Your Committee fully recognizes the importance of agriculture to the people and economy of the State. Your Committee further recognizes that the availability and delivery of water is critical to the continued growth and expansion of this industry. Therefore, the State must provide the direction needed to preserve this invaluable agricultural resource.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount to $150,000 for

(2) Removing the individual $1 amounts for the

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. 212, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 212, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.