STAND. COM. REP. 1462
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 1432
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1432, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to promote diversified agriculture on Kauai and facilitate the productive use of state facilities by appropriating:
(1) $100,000 for refurbishment of the Kauai Tropical Fruit Disinfestation Facility (Facility); and
(2) Funds for the co-location and establishment of an incubator community kitchen within the Facility.
The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Kauai County Farm Bureau, Kauai Community College, and five concerned citizens supported this bill. The Agribusiness Development Corporation and the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the appropriation amount for the refurbishment of the Facility to $1 to promote further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1432, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1432, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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