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HI SB1082

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/7/2017

Primary Sponsor

Kaiali'i Kahele

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Origin

Senate

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Hawaii Community College agriculture program provides training for employment in government and agribusiness, horticulture, livestock, flowers-and-foliage, landscaping, macadamia-nut, papaya, and coffee industries.

  • Hawaii Community College uses approximately one acre of land at University of Hawaii at Hilo's agricultural farm as a live instructional laboratory and collaborates with the culinary arts program in a farm-to-table initiative.

  • University of Hawaii at Hilo shall work with Hawaii County to provide necessary equipment, staffing, and facilities for the Hawaii Community College agriculture program.

  • Appropriates unspecified funds from general revenues for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 to hire a farm coordinator to support instructional activities at the agricultural farm.

  • Appropriates unspecified funds from general revenues for fiscal year 2017-2018 for equipment for the Hawaii Community College agriculture program.

Legislative Description

Relating To Agriculture.

Appropriations ($)

Last Action

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Har, Ichiyama, C. Lee, Thielen excused (6).

3/24/2017

Committee Referrals

Finance3/24/2017
Higher Education3/9/2017
Ways and Means2/14/2017
Higher Education1/27/2017

Full Bill Text

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