STAND. COM. REP. NO. 69-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 2771
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2771 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AN AGRICULTURAL PARK IN ROYAL KUNIA,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to provide more opportunities for agricultural enterprises in Hawaii by appropriating $250,000 for the development of a master plan for an agricultural park in Royal Kunia.
The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, and C&H Farms supported this bill. The Department of Agriculture supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting a lapsing provision usually used with general obligation bond appropriations; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.
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 H.B. No. 2771, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2771, 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 |
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