STAND. COM. REP. NO.  526

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 167

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 167 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DECOMMISSIONING AND RELOCATION OF THE ANIMAL QUARANTINE STATION IN HALAWA VALLEY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriate funds to the Department of Agriculture for the decommissioning and relocation of the Animal Quarantine Station in Halawa Valley.

The Department of Agriculture supported this measure.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 31, 2150, to encourage further discussion.

     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. 167, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 167, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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RICHARD P. CREAGAN, Chair