STAND. COM. REP. NO. 572
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 668
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 668 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to rename the agricultural development and food security special fund.
More specifically, this measure:
(1) Renames the agricultural development and food security special fund as the land, aquaculture, freshwater, or sea-based food development and food security special fund;
(2) Allows for the use of moneys in the special fund for the awarding of grants to commercial fishermen; and
(3) Expands the scope of the special fund to include uses related to land-, aquaculture-, freshwater-, or sea-based food production.
Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Longline Association, and United Fishing Agency.
Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Agriculture.
Your Committee finds that expanding the scope of the agricultural development and food security special fund to include uses related to land-, aquaculture-, freshwater-, or sea-based food production is an effective way to support the growth of these food production industries in the State.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes 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 S.B. No. 668, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 668, 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 |
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