CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 136

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 2000

                            RE:   H.B. No. 2407
                                  H.D. 1
                                  S.D. 2
                                  C.D. 1




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

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
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. 2407, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE
    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,"

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 make an emergency
appropriation to cover the expenses for the temporary relocation
of the Department of Agriculture's Measurement Standards Program
(Program) and its personnel as a result of the redevelopment of
Kakaako.
     
     Specifically, this bill: 
     
     (1) Appropriates $200,000 to cover the expenses for the
         temporary relocation of the Program; and


 
 
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     (2) Authorizes the issuance of $3,800,000 in general
         obligation bonds to finance the plans, design,
         construction, and equipment for a new building for the
         Measurement Standards and Commodities Programs on Oahu. 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

     (1) Revising the net general fund revenues and debt limit
         forecasts to reflect the amounts reported in the Council
         on Revenues report to the Governor dated March 10, 2000;
         and

     (2) Changing the date the Council on Revenues made its net
         general fund revenues estimates from December 20, 1999
         to March 10, 2000.
      
     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your
Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your
Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 2407, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto
as H.B. No. 2407, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the managers:

  ON THE PART OF THE SENATE          ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Co-Chair       DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair




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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair