STAND. COM. REP. NO.1319
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 204
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 204, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMAL QUARANTINE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to keep Hawaii rabies-free by:
(1) Reducing quarantine user fees;
(2) Waiving repayment to the general fund of revenues used to establish the Animal Quarantine Special Fund (Fund); and
(3) Exempting the Fund from the special fund service assessment.
The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Hawaii Business Roundtable, and a concerned citizen testified in support of the intent of this measure.
The Department of Agriculture opposed this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Leaving the appropriation and fee reduction amounts blank to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical changes 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. 204, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 204, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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