Bill Text: HI SR28 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: HARC; Kunia; Agriculture

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-22 - (S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-19-12. [SR28 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SR28-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3460

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.R. No. 28

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Water, Land, and Housing and Agriculture, to which was referred S.R. No. 28 entitled:

 

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE TRANSFER OF ALL RIGHTS, POWERS, FUNCTIONS, AND DUTIES OF THE HAWAII HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND ALL FUNCTIONS RELATING TO THE STATE'S GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES TO THE PUBLIC LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to transfer all rights, powers, functions, and duties of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and the Hawaii Community Development Authority and functions relating to the State's geothermal resources to the Public Land Development Corporation.

 

     Prior to holding a public hearing on this measure, a proposed S.D. 1 was prepared and made available for public review and comment.  The proposed S.D. 1 deleted the contents of the measure and inserted language to:

 

     (1)  Describe the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (HARC) and the benefits of constructing a Kunia Agriculture Processing and Sales Center;

 

     (2)  Acknowledge the efforts of HARC and urge the establishment of a Kunia Agriculture Processing and Sales Center;

 

     (3)  Amend its title accordingly to read: "RECOGNIZING THE HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER FOR ITS BENEFITS TO THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY AND URGING THE HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER TO ESTABLISH THE PROPOSED KUNIA AGRICULTURE PROCESSING AND SALES CENTER"; and

 

     (4)  Make technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of consistency and clarity.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in opposition to the proposed S.D. 1 from two individuals.  The Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) submitted comments on the proposed S.D. 1.

 

     Your Committees find that the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (HARC) was founded in 1895 as the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association and has become an internationally recognized research center.  Its name change in 1996 reflects its expanding scope to encompass research in forestry, coffee, forage, vegetable crops, tropical fruits, and many other diversified crops in addition to sugarcane.  In 2008, HARC relocated its facilities to Kunia and has recently proposed the establishment of the Kunia Agriculture Processing and Sales Center.  Your Committees commend HARC's service to Hawaii's agricultural industry and offer their support for its future endeavors.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by adopting the proposed S.D. 1 and making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, and Housing and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 28, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 28, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, and Housing and Agriculture,

 

____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair		____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair