STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1045-24

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2024

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2705

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2705, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LEASES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Agriculture to conduct a study on the requirements and restrictions related to the Department's dispositions of non-agricultural park land and submit a report of its findings to the Legislature.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Agriculture; Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau; and one individual.

 

     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. 2705, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair