Bill Text: HI HB1942 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Agriculture; Electronic Importer Manifest; Appropriation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-15 - (S) Act 127, 6/15/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1229). [HB1942 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1942-Amended.html

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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 136-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1942

       H.D. 2

       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. 1942, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, 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 measure is to help make the State's import system more efficient, increase available data on imported commodities, measure food self-sufficiency and sustainability, and promote compliance with existing state law by authorizing the use of funds in the Pest Inspection, Quarantine, and Eradication Fund for the Electronic Importer Manifest Program.

 

     This measure also appropriates an unspecified amount from the Pest Inspection, Quarantine, and Eradication Fund to implement the Program.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $200,000 to implement the Electronic Importer Manifest Program; and

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2012.

 

     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. 1942, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1942, H.D. 2, 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
____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair		____________________________ MARK J. HASHEM, Co-Chair
____________________________ MICHELLE KIDANI, Co-Chair