Bill Text: HI HB2100 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: University of Hawaii; Bees; Hives; Research; Appropriation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-20 - (H) Act 129, on 6/18/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1231). [HB2100 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB2100-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  114-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2100

      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 Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2100 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BEES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate $10,000 to the University of Hawaii System for the development of bee hive research statewide.

 

     The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, University of Hawaii System, and an individual offered testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Agriculture offered testimony in support of the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Increasing the appropriation to $50,000 to be used statewide and allocated equally to the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, and Kauai, and the University of Hawaii at Hilo, College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management;

 

     (2)  Requiring the University of Hawaii to consult with the Department of Agriculture in expending the appropriation;

 

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 2100, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2100, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair