CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.172
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 1089
H.D. 2
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
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. 1089, 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:
(1) Extend the composition of the current Agribusiness Development Corporation's board of directors for an additional four years;
(2) Amend Act 117, 1999, as amended by Act 206, 2000, by directing any unexpended or unencumbered funds appropriated in this Act at the close of fiscal year 2000-2001 to be deposited into the Hawaii Agricultural Development Revolving Fund; and
(3) Appropriating funds for the planning, design, and construction of an agricultural subdivision in the Hamakua district on the island of Hawaii.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by
deleting its substance other than the amendments to Act 117, 1999, as amended by Act 206, 2000, and incorporating the following provisions:
(1) Appropriating the sum of $5,000,000 out of the Agricultural Loan Revolving Fund and the sum of $5,000,000 out of the Aquaculture Loan Revolving Fund, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001-2002 to provide assistance to agricultural and aquacultural enterprises on Kauai; and
(2) Appropriating the sum of $5,000,000 out of the Agricultural Loan Revolving Fund and the sum of $5,000,000 out of the Aquaculture Loan Revolving Fund, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002-2003 to provide assistance to agricultural and aquacultural enterprises on Kauai.
Your Committee on Conference notes that funds may be expended from the Agricultural Loan Revolving Fund or the Aquaculture Loan Revolving Fund, or both, provided that the aggregate total of the expenditures during fiscal year 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 out of these appropriations shall not exceed $5,000,000.
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. 1089, 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. 1089, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ JAN YAGI BUEN, Chair |
____________________________ FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Co-Chair |
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair |