CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 138-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2100

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

       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. 2100, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BEES,"

 

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 promote agricultural production by appropriating general funds to the University of Hawaii system for bee hive research.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the allocations to the several islands to allocations to the several counties instead;

 

     (2)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $30,000 and specifying an allocation in the amounts of $5,000 to each of the counties and $10,000 to the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management at the University of Hawaii at Hilo; and

 

     (3)  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. 2100, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2100, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, 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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JILL TOKUDA, Chair

 

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CLIFT TSUJI, Co-Chair

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DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair

 

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SCOTT NISHIMOTO, Co-Chair

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Co-Chair

 

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MARK J. HASHEM, Co-Chair

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MICHELLE KIDANI, Co-Chair