STAND. COM. REP. NO.  428-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2180

      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. 2180 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support sustainable agriculture in Hawaii by appropriating funds for the creation of a pilot project at the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawaii to create new technologies for sustainable agriculture in the state through scientific research and support services.

The University of Hawaii and Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation supported the intent of the bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting the amount of the appropriation; 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, an appropriation of $1,000,000 be inserted.

     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. 2180, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2180, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

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ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair