CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 136

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

 

RE:    H.B. No. 353

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 353, H.D. 1, 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 appropriate unspecified funds to control and contain damage caused by the coffee berry borer and for research to develop new methods of preventing and treating infestations.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting the appropriation amount of $250,000 for fiscal year 2013-2014 and the same sum for fiscal year 2014-2015 to research and develop methods for the prevention and treatment of coffee berry borer infestations;

 

 

 

     (2)  Inserting the appropriation amount of $300,000 for fiscal year 2013-2014 to fund coffee berry borer infestation damage control and mitigation efforts;

 

     (3)  Changing the expending agency of the appropriation for fiscal year 2013-2014 to fund coffee berry borer infestation damage control and mitigation efforts from the University of Hawaii to the Department of Agriculture;

 

     (4)  Specifying that all amounts appropriated pursuant to this measure shall not be expended unless matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis; and

 

     (5)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2013.

 

     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. 353, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 353, H.D. 1, 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

 

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair

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DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair

 

 

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RONALD D. KOUCHI, Co-Chair