STAND. COM. REP. NO. 672-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 1999
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1999, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Establishing and funding a grant program for qualified feed developers to cover a percentage of their feed development costs up to a specified cap;
(2) Appropriating funds to reimburse qualified producers of certain products for their cost of feed;
(3) Appropriating funds to reimburse qualified feed developers for the costs of development of feed for sale to qualified producers; and
(4) Appropriating funds for the Department of Agriculture to conduct a survey to identify, assess, and validate locally sourced feed ingredients that are available to qualified feed developers.
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. 1999, 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 |
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