STAND. COM. REP. NO. 730-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2404
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2404 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AQUACULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the aquaculture
industry by:

     (1)  Authorizing the Department of Agriculture (DOA) to:

          (A)  Establish and assess fees for aquatic animal and
               plant health diagnostic services; and

          (B)  Purchase items or services relating to aquaculture
               planning, disease management, and the marketing of
               seafood products;

          and

     (2)  Establishing the Aquaculture Development Special Fund
          to:

          (A)  Implement aquatic disease management programs and
               activities; and

          (B)  Support research and development programs and
               activities relating to the expansion of the
               State's aquaculture industry.

 
 
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     DOA and the Hawaii Aquaculture Association testified in
support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

     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.
2404, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2404, H.D. 1.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair