STAND. COM. REP. NO.  341-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2834

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2834 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to extend the sunset date for the Hawaii Economic Development Task Force to June 30, 2014.

The Department of Agriculture, University of Hawaii System, Blue Planet Foundation, Enterprise Honolulu, and an individual submitted testimony in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2834 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Agriculture,

____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair

____________________________ DENNY COFFMAN, Chair