Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred S.R. No. 113 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the University of Hawaii Board of Regents to name the Komohana Research and Extension Center in honor of Dr. Tadashi Higaki.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Big Island Dendrobium Growers Association; Green Point Nurseries, Inc.; and eleven individuals.

Dr. Tadashi Higaki was a true son of the Big Island and a friend of farming. His achievements in academia and his ascension through the ranks of the Agricultural Research and Extension were remarkable, and his contribution to the development of diversified agriculture were immense. Your Committee finds that it is appropriate for the University of Hawaii Board of Regents to waive its policy and initiate internal procedures to honor Dr. Higaki.

Your Committee has amended this measure by requesting that the administrative wing of the Komohana Research and Extension Center be named in honor of Dr. Tadashi Higaki.

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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 113, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 113, S.D. 1.