STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1767

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.C.R. No. 77

      S.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 S.C.R. No. 77, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BONA FIDE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCER TASK FORCE TO CREATE A DEFINITION FOR THE TERM "BONA FIDE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCER","

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ask the Department of Agriculture to create a task force that would define the term "bona fide agricultural producer."

The Hawaii Farm Bureau and the Ulu Pono Initiative testified in support of this measure. The Department of Agriculture provided comments.  

     Should the Committee on Finance chose to hear this resolution, the Committee on Agriculture asks that the difficulty in coordinating a large task force without funding be considered.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 77, S.D. 1, and recommends that it 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