STAND. COM. REP. NO.941
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 224
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. 224, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PINEAPPLE RESEARCH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to appropriate general funds for the Department of Agriculture (DOA) to conduct pineapple research.
DOA, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii and Hawaii Agriculture Research Center testified in support of this bill.
Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the appropriation to $221,413 for fiscal years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 to reflect the originally requested amount; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, style, and consistency.
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. 224, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 224, 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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