CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.168

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.B. No. 204

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

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. 204, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMAL QUARANTINE,"

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 reduce animal quarantine user fees by waiving repayment of revenues used to establish the animal quarantine special fund and by exempting the animal quarantine special fund from central service assessments.

Upon further consideration, your Committee on Conference amended this measure by removing the provisions that waive repayment to the general fund of revenues used to establish the animal quarantine special fund.

Your Conference Committee also amended this measure to remove the amendments to the Hawaii Revised Statutes that would have forever exempted the animal quarantine special fund from central service assessments and administrative expenses. Instead, your Conference Committee inserted two new provisions to exempt the animal quarantine special fund from those assessments and expenses for fiscal year 2001-2002 only.

Your Conference Committee anticipates that the central service assessment and administrative expenses exemptions will provide approximately a $250,000 savings for the animal quarantine special fund for fiscal year 2001-2002. Based on that figure, your Conference Committee amended this bill to provide that the quarantine fee reduction shall be $45 per dog and cat for civilians and active military grades E-7 to O-3, and $175 per dog and cat for active military grades E-1 to E-6 for fiscal year 2001-2002.

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. 204, 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. 204, 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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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

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BENJAMIN C. CABREROS, Co-Chair

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JAN YAGI BUEN, Co-Chair

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair