THE SENATE
                 THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                   REGULAR SESSION 1999

             COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
             Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair
             Senator Jan Yagi Buen, Vice-Chair

             NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

        DATE:    Wednesday, January 27, 1999

        TIME:    1:00 p.m.

        PLACE:   Conference Room 224
                 State Capitol
                 415 South Beretania Street

        SUBJECT: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


                        A G E N D A


Department of Agriculture
   Financial Assistance for Agriculture              AGR 101
   Plant Pest and Disease Control                    AGR 122
   Animal Quarantine                                 AGR 131
   Animal Disease Control                            AGR 132
   Agricultural Resource Management                  AGR 141
   Quality and Price Assurance                       AGR 151
   Aquaculture Development Program                   AGR 153
       (New Prog ID - Transferred from LNR 153: Act 176/98)
   Agribusiness Development & Research               AGR 161
   Agricultural Development & Marketing              AGR 171
   General Administration for Agriculture            AGR 192

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services
to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language
interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for
the disabled), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior
to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808)
586-7335.



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                               Senator Lorraine R. Inouye     
                               Chair