STAND. COM. REP. NO.  376-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1533

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1533, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve Hawaii's food self-sufficiency by establishing for the Agricultural Development and Food Security Special Fund a priority for expenditures that support the growth and development of food in the State.

Several individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Agriculture submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Adding the growth and development of feed consumed by animals in the course of animal husbandry to the prioritized expenditures of the Special Fund; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1533, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1533, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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CINDY EVANS, Chair