STAND. COM. REP. NO.353-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: H.B. No. 2194
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Agriculture and Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2194 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Establish the Diversified Agricultural Loan Program Revolving Loan Fund (Fund) to assist agricultural businesses in obtaining financing otherwise unavailable to them; and
(2) Appropriate $2,000,000 to start up the fund.
Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Hawaii Small Business Development Center Network, Hawaii Taro Company, Hakalau Farm and Nursery, Designer Meats, Inc., Taro Dream, Anahola Farm Project, RETA-H Project Impact Study Group, KEI Ltd., Healthy Hawaiian Tropical Products, and a concerned citizen. The University of Hawaii supported the intent of this measure. Hamakua Heritage Farm commented on the bill.
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the appropriation amount to $1 to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Higher Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2194, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2194, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Higher Education,
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____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair |
____________________________ FELIPE P. ABINSAY, Chair |
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