STAND. COM. REP. NO. 899-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1712

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1712, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit the siting of waste disposal facilities on agricultural lands with class A or B productivity ratings and important agricultural lands.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Maui County Farm Bureau; Hawai‘i Farm Bureau; Larry Jefts Farms, LLC; Ulupono Initiative; Hawaii Crop Improvement Association; Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc.; CropLife America; Biotechnology Innovation Organization; and four individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Agriculture.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1712, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair