STAND. COM. REP. NO.  752-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1942

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1942, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to allow monies in the Pest Inspection, Quarantine, and Eradication Fund to be expended for the Electronic Importer Manifest Program and to make an appropriation to implement the program.

 

     The Department of Agriculture, Department of Land and Natural Resources, The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation and one individual testified in support.

 

     Your Committee amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation figure to a blank amount;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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 H.B. No. 1942, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1942, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair