STAND. COM. REP. NO.  753

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1341

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1341 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FARM TO SCHOOL MONTH IN HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to designate the month of October as "Farm to School Month in Hawaii" to promote public awareness of the State's Farm to School Initiative.

The Department of Health, Department of Agriculture, University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Kokua Hawaii Foundation, Hawaii Farm to School and School Garden Hui, Malama Kauai, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Malaai:  The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School, National Farm to School Network, and several individuals testified in support of this measure.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1341 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair