STAND. COM. REP. NO. 429-14
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2014
RE: H.B. No. 1931
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2014
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1931 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) $360,000 for fiscal year 2014-2015 for the Department of Agriculture to research and develop methods for the prevention and treatment of macadamia felted coccid in cooperation with the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources of the University of Hawaii at Manoa; and
(2) $735,000 for fiscal year 2014-2015 for the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources of the University of Hawaii at Manoa to research and develop methods for the prevention and treatment of macadamia felted coccid in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the amount of the appropriations; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
Your Committee recognizes that fiscal determinations are within the purview of your Committee on Finance. Therefore, your Committee respectfully requests that, if your Committee on Finance chooses to advance this bill:
(1) The sum of $260,000 for fiscal year 2014-2015 be appropriated to the Department of Agriculture;
(2) The sum of $835,000 for fiscal year 2014-2015 be appropriated to the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources of the University of Hawaii at Manoa; and
(3) Funding be provided for a 1.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) entomologist position for the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
In addition, your Committee respectfully requests that should your Committee on Finance decide to consider this measure, the appropriations' lapsing date set forth in section 4 of the bill be changed to June 30, 2016.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1931, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1931, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,
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____________________________ ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair |