STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2674

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2069

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2069 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ‘ULU,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to make an appropriation for the research, development, marketing, and conservation of breadfruit.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture; the University of Hawaii System Government Relations Office; the Hawaii County Council; the Ho‘omanapono Political Action Committee; Ho'omana Pono, LLC; the OCC Legislative Priorities Committee, Democratic Party of Hawai‘i; and eight individuals.

Your Committee found that ‘ulu is a long-lived, easy to grow, productive, nutritious, starchy staple crop that can continue to contribute to environmental, social, and economic health of the State for generations.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation from $650,000 to an unspecified amount; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2069, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2069, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair