STAND. COM. REP. NO. 8

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 233

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Agriculture and Environment, to which was referred S.B. No. 233 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate or authorize funds or amend means of financing for various capital improvement projects of the Department of Agriculture The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Department of Agriculture.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture, University of Hawai‘i, one member of the Hawai‘i County Council, and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure expresses adjustments to the projects funded, maximum sums appropriated or authorized, or means of financing indicated for the Department of Agriculture in the General Appropriations Act of 2017, as amended by the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2018.

 

     Your Committee's intent in recommending this measure for passage is for the adjustments expressed to be incorporated into the General Appropriations Act of 2019 or other appropriate legislative vehicle or to be adopted separately.  As such, your Committee requests your Committee on Ways and Means to incorporate the adjustments expressed by this measure into the appropriate legislative vehicle or amend this measure to include any provisions necessary to effectuate its purpose and intent.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture and Environment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 233 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture and Environment,

 

 

 

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MIKE GABBARD, Chair