STAND. COM. REP. NO.  145-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2180

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, 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 through the utilization of new technologies by appropriating $1,000,000 to establish a pilot project to create new technologies for sustainable agriculture at the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

The University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Hawaii Floriculture and Nursery Association, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, and a number of concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Department of Agriculture and Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation supported the intent of this measure.  A concerned individual opposed the bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2180 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

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

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JESSICA WOOLEY, Chair