STAND. COM. REP. NO.1010
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 221
S.D. 1
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 S.B. No. 221, S.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 term of the current board of directors of the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) from July 1, 2001 to July 1, 2005; and
(2) Appropriate funds to the Department of Agriculture for various agricultural projects.
The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Big Island Farm Bureau, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, and Sygenta Seeds, Inc., testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to June 29, 2001; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
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 S.B. No. 221, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 221, S.D. 1, 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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