STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1369-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2134
                                     S.D. 1
                                     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 S.B. No.
2134, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Reduce fees for animal quarantine users by an
          unspecified percentage;

     (2)  Not require the repayment from the Animal Quarantine
          Special Fund (Special Fund) of the $600,000 that was
          initially deposited from the general fund to the
          Special Fund; and

     (3)  Appropriate funds to the Special Fund.

     The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii and the Hawaiian Humane
Society testified in support of this bill.  DOA, the Department
of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, and the Hawaii
Business Roundtable supported the intent of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Prohibiting the transfer of Special Fund moneys to the
          general fund;


 
 
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     (2)  Eliminating the provision that forgives the DOA from
          repaying any of the $600,000 that was initially
          deposited from the general fund to the Special Fund;
          and

     (3)  Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          clarity and style.

     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 S.B. No.
2134, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2134,
S.D. 1, H.D. 2.
                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair