CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 135-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

 

RE:    H.B. No. 283

       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. 283, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE FUNDS,"

 

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 protect Hawaii's coffee industry and coffee agricultural assets from invasive species by providing State funds for a program to control and eradicate the coffee berry borer, which would include the destruction of feral coffee trees.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Specifying that the Director of Finance is authorized to transfer $196,000 from the Agricultural Loan Revolving Fund to the Pest Inspection, Quarantine, and Eradication Fund;

 

     (2)  Inserting an appropriation of $196,000 from the Pest Inspection, Quarantine, and Eradication Fund for a program to control and eradicate the coffee berry borer;

 

     (3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2012; and

 

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

 

     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. 283, 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. 283, 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

 

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair

 

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CLIFT TSUJI, Co-Chair

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DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair

 

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MARK J. HASHEM, Co-Chair

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MICHELLE KIDANI, Co-Chair