STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1400-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.R. No. 27

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Agriculture and Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred H.R. No. 27 entitled:

 

"HOUSE RESOLUTION DECLARING SUNDAYS TO BE "EAT LOCAL, BUY LOCAL" DAY IN HAWAII AND ENCOURAGING FAMILIES, RESTAURANTS, AND GROCERS TO BUY HAWAII-GROWN FOODS, FLOWERS, AND PRODUCE,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to declare Sundays "Eat local, buy local" day in Hawaii to encourage families, restaurants, and grocers to buy Hawaii-grown foods, flowers, and produce.

 

     Hawaii Department of Agriculture, Taro Security and Purity Task Force, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation testified in support of this measure.

 

Your committee has amended this measure by adding the following:

 

     (1) Including Saturday into the resolution.

 

     (2) Changing 'day' to 'days.'

 

     (3) Adding another whereas clause to justify the inclusion of Saturdays. 

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Economic Revitalization & Business that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 27, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 27, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Economic Revitalization & Business,

 

 

____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair		____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair