STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1225-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2069

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Agriculture and Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2069, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ‘ULU,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to realize the vast potential of Hawaiian breadfruit, commonly known as ‘ulu, as a major contributor to local food and food security by appropriating funds for the research, development, marketing, and conservation of breadfruit.

The University of Hawaii, Hawaiian Affairs Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, EcoTipping Points Project, Ho‘omanapono Political Action Committee, Hawai‘i Farm Bureau, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and a few concerned individuals supported this measure. The Department of Agriculture commented on this measure.

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

Should your Committee on Finance deliberate on this matter further, your Committees on Agriculture and Higher Education respectfully request that it consider appropriating $250,000 for the research, development, marketing, and conservation of breadfruit.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Higher Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2069, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2069, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Higher Education,

____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair

____________________________ RICHARD P. CREAGAN, Chair