STAND. COM. REP. NO. 936-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2115

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2115, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to continue the work of the K-12 Agricultural Workforce Development Pipeline Initiative to conduct training on all islands for teachers and school administrators and students in agricultural self-sufficiency.

The Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawai‘i Farm Bureau, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Farmers Union United, Maui County Farm Bureau, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc., Waipahu Intermediate School Future Farmers of America, Maui Chamber of Commerce, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure. The Department of Agriculture and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations submitted comments on this measure.

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. 2115, 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