STAND. COM. REP. NO.  681-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 1589

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1589 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT DESIGNATING FEBRUARY AS HAWAIIAN GROWN CACAO MONTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to designate the month of February as "Hawaiian Grown Cacao Month."

The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date of this measure to January 20, 2020, for the purposes of facilitating further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 1589, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1589, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair