STAND. COM. REP. NO.472
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 213
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 Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 213 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Extend the term of the board of directors of the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) from July 1, 2001, to July 1, 2005; and
(2) Appropriate funds to continue redeveloping Hawaii's agricultural industry.
The Hawaii Farm Bureau, Kauai County Farm Bureau, Big Island Farm Bureau, Maui County Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Agriculture Research Center testified in support of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the appropriation from $1 to $150,000 for fiscal year 2001-2002 and 2002-2003; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
Your Committee recognizes the significant leadership ADC provides in redeveloping the State's agriculture industry. Therefore, the State must allow the board to continue to exist, and give it sufficient time and resources to carry out its mission.
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. 213, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 213, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,
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____________________________ FELIPE P. ABINSAY, Chair |
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