STAND. COM. REP. NO.  726-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1996

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1996, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MAUI FOOD INNOVATION CENTER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enhance food sustainability in the State through the appropriation of general obligation bond funds for the construction of facilities and infrastructure for the Maui food innovation center, a value-added production and business incubation facility, at the University of Hawaii Maui College.

The University of Hawaii Community Colleges; University of Hawaii Maui College; High Technology Development Corporation; Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation; Food Spectrum, LLC; Hawaii Farm Bureau; Hawaii Farmers Union United; and Maui County Farm Bureau testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1996, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair