STAND. COM. REP. NO. 826________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1380
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1380 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN INTERIM APPROPRIATION FOR THE
     DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
     DIVISION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide an interim subsidy to
the Irrigation System Revolving Fund to:

     (1)  Meet the operating expenses of existing irrigation
          systems; and

     (2)  Allow affected parties to recover from the depressed
          economy.

     The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation testified in support of
this measure.  The Department of Agriculture (DOA) commented on
this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Specifying that the funds are to be used by DOA's
          Agricultural Resource Management Division; and

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


 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1380, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1380, H.D. 1.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair