STAND. COM. REP. NO.  258-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2421

      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. 2421 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FEED MILLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to award a grant to the Oceanic Institute for the construction of the feeds research and pilot production facility and require the Oceanic Institute to report to the legislature on the progress of the project.

The Department of Agriculture, Oceanic Institute, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Hawaii Aquaculture and Aquaponics Association, and Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc. submitted testimony in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Removing the requirement that the appropriated funds be held until the funds are matched by private funds;

     (2)  Requiring the report to the Legislature by the Oceanic Institute to include information on the use of federal and other monies to fund the project;

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, for the purposes of facilitating further discussion; and

     (4)  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. 2421, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2421, 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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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair