CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 133-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2018

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2306

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

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. 2306, 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 provide that the amount appropriated in Act 183, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, shall be deposited into the Food Safety Certification Costs Grant Program Special Fund (Special Fund) and that the same sum shall be appropriated out of the Special Fund for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the Food Safety Certification Costs Grant Program (Program), provided that any funds that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2019, shall lapse to the credit of the general fund.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Deleting the discussion relating to the inadvertent failure to deposit into and subsequently transfer the $500,000 appropriation from the Special Fund to the Program during fiscal year 2017-2018;

 

(2)  Repealing the Special Fund; and

 

(3)  Appropriating $500,000 of general revenues of the State for fiscal year 2018-2019 to be expended by the Department of Agriculture for the Program.

 

     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. 2306, 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. 2306, 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

 

____________________________

MIKE GABBARD

Chair

 

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RICHARD P. CREAGAN

Co-Chair

____________________________

J. KALANI ENGLISH

Co-Chair

 

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LYNN DECOITE

Co-Chair