Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 2784 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the renovation of the Paauilo rendering plant at Hamakua.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by Hawaii Cattlemen's Council and Hawaii Farm Bureau. Comments were also submitted by the Department of Agriculture.

Your Committee finds that the Paauilo rendering plant at Hamakua is in need of renovations to enable it to convert waste materials that no longer will be allowed to be disposed of at the Hilo landfill into useful byproducts. Your Committee believes that this measure will appropriate the needed funds to accomplish this goal.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2784 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.