STAND. COM. REP. NO.  604-14

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2180, 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 support sustainable agriculture in Hawaii by appropriating an unspecified sum 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 Department of Agriculture and College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawaii testified in support of this measure. The Hawaii Farm Bureau provided comments on 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. 2180, 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