STAND. COM. REP. 1275
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 534
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
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. 534, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to support agricultural research and product development conducted by the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (UH-CTAHR) by appropriating funds for various projects including, among other things:
(1) Continued development of high-value agricultural products;
(2) A breeding program to provide new agricultural products;
(3) Assessment of local and export markets; and
(4) Disease prevention programs.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Maui County Farm Bureau, Pacific International Center for High Technology Research, Hawaii Forest Industry Association, Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii, Maui Pineapple Company, Ltd., Nalo Farms, Inc., Tropical Hawaiian Products, Kauai Coffee, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company, Kilauea Agronomics, and a concerned citizen supported this bill. The Department of Agriculture and UH-CTAHR supported the intent of this bill.
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. 534, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
|
____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
||