STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2844

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2406
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development, to which was
referred H.B. No. 2406, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to allow employees of an
authorized federal agency under a cooperative agreement with the
Department of Agriculture (DOA) to carry out the same duties as
employees of DOA.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Board of Agriculture.

     This measure also replaces an obsolete chapter reference
with the appropriate current chapter reference in section 141-1,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the duties of the DOA.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will allow the DOA to
enter into cooperative agreements for the conduct of specific
actions such as inspections and seizures.  The duties would
relate to the effective prosecution of pest control, animal
disease control, and regulation of import and intrastate movement
of regulated articles.  An example of a cooperative program is
the inspection of interisland passengers and cargo by the United
States Department of Agriculture when DOA inspectors are absent.


 
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     Your Committee has amended this measure by removing the
brackets around the subparagraph headings.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 2406, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as
H.B. No. 2406, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for
Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development,



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                                   LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 
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