STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3103

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 101

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, and Housing, to which was referred S.R. No. 101 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO ITS INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE ITS MISSION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Agribusiness Development Corporation to acquire land for improvements to its infrastructure that are necessary for the Agribusiness Development Corporation to achieve its mission.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Agribusiness Development Corporation and Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation.

     Your Committees find that the Agribusiness Development Corporation lacks the necessary infrastructure to fulfill its core mission, including assisting farmers and ranchers by providing adequate storage facilities for their goods.  This measure requests the Agribusiness Development Corporation to explore the feasibility of acquiring certain land in Wahiawa and using that land to enhance the economic viability of the agricultural community.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 101, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 101, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, and Housing,

____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair

____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair