CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 40-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

RE:    H.B. No. 2244

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2244, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE INSPECTORS,"

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 measure is to strengthen the State's ability to monitor the import and export of plant commodities.

     Specifically, the measure authorizes the Department of Agriculture to make rules to:

     (1)  Establish, maintain, and enforce compliance agreements with federal or state departments of agriculture as to the inspection of imported and exported plant commodities; and

     (2)  Assess fees for conducting inspections required under the compliance agreements.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by making it effective upon its approval.

     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. 2244, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2244, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair	____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Co-Chair
____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Co-Chair	____________________________ MARK J. HASHEM, Co-Chair
____________________________ MICHELLE KIDANI, Co-Chair