STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3377

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1889
                                        H.D. 2
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 1889, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to give active duty military
personnel in all branches of the Armed Services a discount on all
fees for the quarantine of cats, dogs, and other carnivorous
animals in accordance with state law.

     Specifically, this bill:

     (1)  Gives active duty military personnel with a federal
          military grade pay level of 03 and below, a seventy
          five per cent fee discount on all animal quarantine
          fees; and

     (2)  Gives active duty military personnel with a federal
          military grade pay level of 04 and above, a fifty per
          cent fee discount on all animal quarantine fees.

     Your Committee has amended this bill changing its effective
date to July 1, 2010, to permit a more thorough and in-depth

 
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analysis of the cost implications for the Department of
Agriculture and the animal quarantine special fund.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1889, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1889,
H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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