STAND. COM. REP. NO. 962-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1844

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1844, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support a coordinated framework for agriculture education by appropriating funds for one full-time equivalent Agriculture Education Coordinator position at the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawai‘i System; Department of Education; Department of Agriculture; one member of the Hawai‘i County Council; Hawai‘i Farm Bureau; Hawaii Floriculture and Nursery Association; Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc.; Local Food Coalition; Hawai‘i Farm to School Hui; Hawai‘i Youth Food Council; Food+ Policy Internship 2022; Hawai‘i Alliance for Progressive Action; Center for Getting Things Started; O‘ahu Farm to School Network; and seven individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount;

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(3) 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1844, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1844, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair