STAND. COM. REP. NO. 241-08
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2008
RE: H.B. No. 3309
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2008
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 3309 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to support the programs of the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (UH-CTAHR) by appropriating funds for the acquisition of lands and related improvements for use by UH-CTAHR.
The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation supported this bill. The University of Hawaii, the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, and the Hawaii Crop Improvement Association supported this bill with amendments. The Department of Agriculture and the Agribusiness Development Corporation supported the intent of this measure. A concerned individual submitted comments.
In light of the recommendations provided by UH-CTAHR in its public testimony and supported by other testifiers, your Committee has amended this measure by deleting the provision for the acquisition of lands and related improvements and, instead, specifying that the appropriation is to be used to cover the expenses incurred by UH-CTAHR in moving its agribusiness incubator and Poamoho station projects and personnel to the Kunia site. Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for style, clarity, and consistency.
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. 3309, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3309, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,
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____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair |
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