CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 13

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2009

RE:    H.B. No. 1351

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1351, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL PARKS,"

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 allow owners of neighboring agricultural lands to establish private agricultural parks, registered with the Department of Agriculture, to reduce shared costs.  This bill also specifies permitted activities within the private agricultural park.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring each private agricultural park to file an annual report with the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture;

     (2)  Requiring that each annual report include an affidavit that electricity generated and distributed within the private agricultural park was used solely for agricultural purposes within the park;

     (3)  Making it effective upon its approval; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     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. 1351, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1351, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair	____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Co-Chair
	____________________________ HERMINA MORITA, Co-Chair
	____________________________ KEN ITO, Co-Chair