Bill Text: HI HB237 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Study; Proposed Hawaii Macadamia Nut Commission

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB237 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HB237-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  153

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 237

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 237 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MACADAMIA NUTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to support the macadamia nut industry in Hawaii by requiring the Department of Agriculture (DOA) to conduct a marketing study of the industry, including the appropriate structure and purpose of a Hawaii macadamia nut commission.

 

     The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation and ILWU Local 142 supported this bill.  DOA submitted comments.

 

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by deleting specific references to a "marketing" study to clarify the broader scope of the study.  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. 237, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 237, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair