Bill Text: HI HB318 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Vog Research; Prevention of Vog Damage

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB318 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HB318-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  843

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 318

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 318 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VOG,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to assist farmers impacted by vog by requiring the Department of Agriculture (DOA), in consultation with the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), to conduct comprehensive research to determine the best methods for employing vog treatments and find specific varieties of crops more resistant to the effects of vog.

 

     The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation testified in support of this bill.  The State of Hawaii Department of Defense testified in opposition to this measure.  DOA and CTAHR commented on this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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. 318, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 318, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair