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.C.R. No. 119, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to convene a joint legislative agricultural theft committee to assess and review agricultural theft laws and enforcement issues that impede the arrest and conviction of persons suspected of agricultural theft.

The Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii, the Hawaii Export Nurseryman Association, and the Department of Agriculture testified in support of this concurrent resolution.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by:

Your Committee finds that the waters of the Waimanalo watershed area have been identified as among Hawaii's most seriously, polluted bodies of water. The creation of a task force to study this issue is an important step towards addressing this problem.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 119, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 119, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.