STAND. COM. REP. NO. 752-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2801
                                     H.D. 2




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.
2801, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to minimize the risk of disease
transmission between swine herds by:

     (1)  Requiring the Department of Agriculture (DOA) to
          conduct mandatory survey and sampling of Porcine
          Respiratory and Reproductive Syndrome in the swine
          industry; and

     (2)  Appropriating funds to DOA to conduct this survey and
          sampling.

     An individual testified in support of this measure.  DOA
testified in support of this measure, provided that its passage
does not replace or adversely impact program priorities.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Reducing the appropriation to $1 for purposes of
          further discussion; and

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


 
 
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     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.
2801, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2801, H.D.
2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair