Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3078, S.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve planning for Hawaii's agricultural industry by directing the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) to conduct a study to identify elements that should be included in the Agribusiness Development Corporation's (ADC's) Hawaii Agribusiness Plan.

The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Maui County Farm Bureau, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs testified in support of this bill. ADC and LRB offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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. 3078, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3078, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.