STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1413
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2023
RE: S.B. No. 1268
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Agriculture & Food Systems, to which was referred S.B. No. 1268, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to make technical changes to the definitions of "agricultural enterprise lands" and "non‑agricultural park lands" that apply to chapters 141 and 166E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, respectively, for clarification and consistency purposes.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture and Hawai‘i Farm Bureau.
Your Committee finds that this measure will resolve an inconsistency between the definition of "agricultural enterprise lands" established by Act 221, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, and the definition of "non-agricultural park lands" in chapter 166E, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture & Food Systems that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1268, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1268, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture & Food Systems,
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____________________________ CEDRIC ASUEGA GATES, Chair |
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