STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2635

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3023

       S.D. 2

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3023, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND MARKETING OF THE ULU BREADFRUIT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to the Agribusiness Development Corporation for the research, development, and marketing of the breadfruit, commonly known as ‘ulu.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture and the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs.

     The ‘ulu has traditionally been a source of subsistence for Hawaii's people.  Your Committee finds that with further research on various ‘ulu production methods and techniques, ‘ulu has the potential to become a major crop in Hawaii and in the mainland market.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing the appropriation amount to an unspecified sum;

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(3)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3023, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3023, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair