CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 6

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 2000

                            RE:   H.B. No. 2406
                                  H.D. 1
                                  S.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
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. 2406, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, 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) Allow employees of authorized federal agencies under a
         cooperative agreement to act on behalf of the Department
         of Agriculture (DOA), to a limited extent, and enforce
         statutes and administrative rules regarding the movement
         of restricted items into and within the State; and

     (2) Include plant and non-domestic animal quarantine under
         chapter 150A, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), and seeds
         under chapter 150, HRS, in the duties of the DOA under
         section 141-1, HRS.

 
 
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     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by making
technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of 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. 2406, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto
as H.B. No. 2406, H.D. 1, 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
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair          FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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                                   WILLIE ESPERO, Co-Chair