STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 100-22
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2022
RE: H.B. No. 1993
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 Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1993 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LEASES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the North Shore Economic Vitality Partnership, Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Agriculture. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Hawai‘i Farm Bureau, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, and one individual.
Your Committee finds that access to suitable land in the State is a significant barrier to entry for new farmers and ranchers, and the Department of Agriculture's non-agricultural park lands are one source of these lands. Your Committee further finds that this measure seeks to ensure continued productivity of these lands including in situations such as disability or loss of a spouse.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1993, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1993, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Water & Land.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,
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____________________________ MARK J. HASHEM, Chair |
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