Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1258, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to retain the current selection process for the board of directors of the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) by repealing provisions that replace the ADC board members with the members of the Board of Agriculture (BOA) on July 1, 2005.

Your Committee finds that the organizational and governance problems that were the impetus for replacing the ADC board with the members of the BOA have been satisfactorily resolved. This measure will enable the ADC and Hawaii's agriculture industry to benefit from the expertise and pro bono work of professionals and executives. The ADC's recent accomplishments demonstrate that it is able to meet the challenges of the agricultural transition occurring in this State and deserves the expression of support shown by this measure in assuring its longevity.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the order of the sections of the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1258, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1258, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.