STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2869

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2615

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2615 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to include representatives of the islands of Molokai and Lanai on the Board of Agriculture.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture, a member of the Maui County Council, and one individual.

Your Committee recognizes that each of the State's islands has different water resources, and therefore faces different agricultural issues. Accordingly, your Committee believes that the interest of the respective agricultural communities on Molokai and Lanai would be best served by representation on the Board of Agriculture.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

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 S.B. No. 2615, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2615, S.D. 1.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair