THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

    MEASURES DEFERRED TO WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2000

            COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
                        1:30 p.m.
                   Conference Room 224


        DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURES
            (Deferred from February 2, 2000)


SB 2748    MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR        ECD, WAM
           THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
           Authorizes the  issuance  of  $3,800,000 in general
           obligation bonds to  finance  the planning, design,
           construction and equipping  of  a  new building for
           the Measurement Standards  and Commodities programs
           of   the   Department   of   Agriculture.      Also
           appropriates $500,000 to cover all expenses related
           to temporarily relocating the Measurement Standards
           program   and   identifies   $280,000   in  general
           obligation bonds from a project for lapsing.
           (MIZUGUCHI B/R)

SB 2742    RELATING TO PORK                             ECD, WAM
           Mandates that retailers label  pork produced in the
           State of Hawaii as "Island Produced Pork."
           (MIZUGUCHI B/R)

SB 2226    RELATING TO ANIMAL QUARANTINE                ECD, WAM
           Adds a new  part  to  implement modified quarantine
           requirements for  all  service  animals  used by an
           individual    with    disabilities;    appropriates
           unspecified funds to  the  DOA  for the purposes of
           this Act.
           (TAM)

SB 2099    RELATING TO PLANT AND NON-DOMESTIC           ECD, WAM
           ANIMAL QUARANTINE
           Requires  a  permit   for   the  importation  of  a
           conditionally approved animal into  the State to be
           granted by the  DOA  not  more  than 3 working days
           after the DOA  receives  a complete application for
           the permit, including  any  fees.    Adds 34 insect
           species to the DOA's list of conditionally approved
           animals.
           (SLOM)


                No testimony will be accepted.

 
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