Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1432, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase agricultural self-sufficiency and promote diversified agriculture on Kauai.

Specifically, the bill appropriates:

Your Committee finds that refurbishing the Kauai Tropical Fruit Disinfestation Facility and the addition of a full service or community kitchen will promote Kauai's agriculture industry and improve the island's economy by creating new jobs. Refurbishment of the Kauai Tropical Fruit Disinfestation Facility is expected to yield an increase in Kauai's level of papaya production.

Your Committee further finds that the community kitchen will be a positive factor in the development of additional marketable agricultural products, by providing a venue for development and testing of value-added consumer products. Similar community kitchens on other islands have resulted in positive economic impacts.

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1432, S.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.