STAND. COM. REP. NO. 702

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1365

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 1365 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUDGET,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide funding for the certain operations of the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year (FY) 2019-2020 and FY 2020-2021.

The Department of Agriculture, Hawai‘i Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Cattlemens Council supported this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the program appropriations for AGR846 as follows:

Fiscal Year 2020 Fiscal Year 2021

AGR846 – PESTICIDES

2.00* 2.00*

OPERATING AGR 157,123W 157,123W

AGR (200,000)W (200,000)W

AGR (750,000)A (750,000)A

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2100, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1365, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1365, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

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NICOLE E. LOWEN, Chair