Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 260 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to promote the expansion of agribusiness in Hawaii by requesting the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) of the University of Hawaii to develop and manage an agribusiness incubator program in the Waialua area of Oahu.

The Department of Agriculture, Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii, Inc., and a concerned individual submitted testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds that Waialua offers large acres of abundant agricultural lands that have been fallow since the closing of the Waialua Sugar Company. Your Committee further finds that a successful agribusiness incubator project would create new agribusiness opportunities in Waialua while helping to promote further development of diversified agriculture in the State.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 260 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.