STAND. COM. REP. NO. 651-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2407
                                     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.
2407 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to facilitate the redevelopment
of the Kakaako Waterfront Park area by appropriating moneys:

     (1)  For the plans, design, construction, and equipment of a
          new building for the Department of Agriculture's (DOA)
          Measurement Standards and Commodities Programs; and

     (2)  To temporarily relocate the Measurement Standards
          Program.

     Your Committee received a message from the Governor dated
January 31, 2000:

     (1)  Requesting authorization to issue $3,800,000 in general
          obligation bonds to finance the planning, design,
          construction, and equipping of the new building; and

     (2)  Requesting timely passage of this measure.

     The DOA and the Hawaii Community Development Authority
supported this bill.


 
 
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     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
bill by:

     (1)  Specifying that the lapsing date of June 30, 2002,
          applies only to the construction project; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes
          of style and clarity.

     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.
2407, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2407, H.D. 1, and
be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair