STAND. COM. REP. NO. 192-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1993
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B.
No. 1993 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PINEAPPLE
     RESEARCH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to support
pineapple research projects related to the mealybug wilt virus,
nematode management, and control of flowing and fruit quality
through fruit development and post-harvest handling.


     Your Committee finds that the pineapple industry is one of
the primary agricultural industries in Hawaii and that the
industry is a strong economic component of the State's financial
base.  Your Committee further finds that losing this industry
would be socially and economically damaging to the State.  The
Hawaiian pineapple industry is experiencing strong competition
and threats from the global marketplace due to the lower overseas
cost of business.

     Testimonies in support of this bill were received from the
Board of Agriculture, the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, the Maui
County Farm Bureau, the Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii,
and the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your

 
 
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Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1993 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred
to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Chair