Bill Text: HI HB1365 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Rooftop Agricultural Production ($)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-03-05 - Referred to EGH, WAM. [HB1365 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2013-HB1365-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  649

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1365

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1365 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO URBAN AGRICULTURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to promote agricultural innovation and greater food security in Hawaii by appropriating funds to establish a rooftop garden on the fifth floor of the Hawaii State Capitol building.

 

     The Department of Agriculture, FarmRoof, and several individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Accounting and General Services, Historic Hawaii Foundation, and one concerned individual offered comments.

 

     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. 1365 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair