THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2017

 

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT

Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair

Senator Gil Riviere, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Friday, March 24, 2017

TIME:

1:20 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 224

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

 

 

SCR 68

      Status & Testimony

URGING THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO ITS INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE ITS MISSION.

 

 

AEN, WAM

[Measure deleted on 03-22-17]

SCR 69 / SR 26

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO DOCUMENT AND COLLECT DATA IDENTIFYING ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND REGULATORY CONSEQUENCES OF CROP DEGRADATION CAUSED BY INVASIVE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES IN HAWAII.

 

 

AEN, WAM

SCR 77

      Status & Testimony

REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BONA FIDE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCER TASK FORCE TO CREATE A DEFINITION FOR THE TERM "BONA FIDE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCER".

 

 

AEN

SCR 90

      Status & Testimony

URGING THE OFFICE OF PLANNING TO UPDATE THE HAWAII STATE PLANNING ACT'S ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES FOR AGRICULTURE.

 

 

AEN, WAM

SCR 151 / SR 72

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TO STUDY THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF VERTICAL FARMING OPERATIONS.

 

 

AEN, WAM

 

 

 

 

SCR 173 / SR 87

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

URGING THE GOVERNOR TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN WITH BENCHMARKS TO DOUBLE LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION BY 2020.

 

 

AEN

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Mike Gabbard

Chair