CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 148

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 2000

                            RE:   H.B. No. 2801
                                  H.D. 2
                                  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. 2801, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO 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 determine the incidence of
porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome (PRRS), a disease
that can have a devastating impact on swine, by requiring the
Department of Agriculture (DOA) to:

     (1) Conduct a mandatory survey and sampling of swine farms
         in the State;

     (2) Establish procedures to certify that swine herds are
         negative for PRRS; and


 
 
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     (3) Maintain a list of these herds.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by making
technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

     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. 2801, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto
as H.B. No. 2801, H.D. 2, 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       FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Co-
                                   Chair



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JONATHAN CHUN, Co-Chair            WILLIE C. ESPERO, Co-Chair