STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1934

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1562

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1562, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate and authorize funds for various operating expenses of the Department of Agriculture.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture and Hawaii Farm Bureau.

Your Committee finds that this measure appropriates and authorizes additional funds and positions for the Department of Agriculture above its current base budget for the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending the amounts appropriated and number of positions authorized for various programs of the Department of Agriculture;

(2) Adding a provision that authorizes the appropriations made to a program by this measure to be combined with appropriations made to the same program by any other Act enacted by the Legislature for the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium;

(3) Adding a severability clause;

(4) Adding a provision authorizing the Governor to correct manifest clerical, typographical, or other mechanical errors; and

(5) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 H.B. No. 1562, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1562, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair