STAND. COM. REP. NO.813
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 213
H.D. 2
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. 213, 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) Extend the date by which the Board of Directors of the Agribusiness Development Corporation (Board) shall incorporate new requirements for the knowledge and experience of members;
(2) Extend the date by which the Board shall be replaced with the Board of Agriculture; and
(3) Appropriate funds to the Department of Agriculture for various agricultural projects.
The Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Big Island Farm Bureau, Kauai County Farm Bureau, and two individuals submitted testimony in support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the appropriation amount to $1. Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for purposes of style and clarity.
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. 213, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 213, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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