CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 145

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   H.B. No. 336
                                  H.D. 1
                                  S.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 336, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PLANT AND NON-DOMESTIC ANIMAL
    QUARANTINE,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to protect the State from the
importation of microorganisms, which could pose a threat to
agriculture, horticulture, animals or the public by establishing
a list of:

     (1) Microorganisms approved for importation;

     (2) Restricted microorganisms that may be imported only by
         permit; and


 
 
 
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     (3) Microorganisms prohibited entry that can only be
         imported for medical or scientific research and under
         strict conditions.

     After careful consideration, your Committee on Conference
has amended the measure by:

     (1) Adding a new part in place of the new section
         delineating the requirements for listing and permitting
         importation of prohibited microorganisms under specific
         and limited circumstances.  The new part also
         establishes the Microorganism Import Certification
         Revolving Fund and limits its maximum balance, uses, and
         funding sources;

     (2) Appropriating $0 from the general revenues for each year
         of the fiscal biennium 1999-2001 for the development,
         administration, and operation of the microorganism
         Import Certification Program;

     (3) Appropriating $100,000 from the Microorganism Import
         Certification Revolving Fund for each year of the fiscal
         biennium 1999-2001 for the development, administration,
         and operation of the Microorganism Import Certification
         Program; and

     (4) Changing the effective date to July 1, 1999.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of H.B. No. 336, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 336, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
           SENATE                              HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Co-Chair       FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Co-
                                   Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
______________________________     ______________________________
ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair             SCOTT K. SAIKI, Co-Chair

 
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JAN YAGI BUEN, Member              DAVID MORIHARA, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
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DAVID Y. IGE, Member               NATHAN SUZUKI, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
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SAM SLOM, Member                   JIM RATH, Member