CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 112-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 3153

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 3153, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR BIOREMEDIATION RESEARCH,"

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 appropriate funds to support the cooperative efforts for soil renutrification research on former pineapple lands in west Maui.

Your Committee finds that soil renutrification will accommodate diversified agriculture and promote sustainable agriculture. For purposes of receiving federal funds, your Committee on Conference contemplates that indirect costs on the grant shall be reimbursed at a rate of twelve per cent of modified total direct costs. Your Committee on Conference further contemplates that Maui Ag Partners and the Pacific cooperative studies unit of the college of natural sciences at the University of Hawaii shall use a rate of twelve per cent for modified total direct costs for indirect costs.

After careful consideration, your Committee on Conference amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2004.

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 S.B. No. 3153, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3153, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

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FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Co-Chair

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Co-Chair

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Co-Chair