STAND. COM. REP. 1049
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 540
S.D. 1
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 Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 540, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to support Hawaii's agricultural industry by appropriating funds for the following:
(1) Grant-in-aid to the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation (HFBF) for agricultural research and market development; and
(2) Pineapple research.
The HFBF, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Maui County Farm Bureau, Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Forest Industry Association, Gay & Robinson, Inc., Jo Ann Johnston & Company, Hawaii Export Nursery Association, and the Commodity Advisory Group supported this bill. The Department of Agriculture, University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, and North Shore Farms supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committee notes that agricultural research and market development are critical in ensuring that Hawaii's agricultural industry remains competitive in the global marketplace.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Inserting an appropriation amount of $2,500,000 for the grant-in-aid to HFBF for each year of the fiscal biennium, to be apportioned as follows:
(A) $2,000,000 for research and $500,000 for market development for fiscal year 2003-2004; and
(B) $2,000,000 for research and $500,000 for market development for fiscal year 2004-2005;
(2) Deleting the contents of part II of the bill relating to the appropriation for pineapple research;
(3) Inserting the provisions of H.B. No. 155, H.D.1, which appropriates $217,232 for fiscal year 2003-2004, and $220,000 for fiscal year 2004-2005 for certain specific pineapple research projects; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 540, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 540, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,
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____________________________ FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Chair |