STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2237

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2134
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Economic Development and Transportation
and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B.
No. 2134 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to discount the animal
quarantine fees for active duty military personnel.

     Testimony in favor of this measure was submitted by the Navy
League of the United States, the Air Force Association-Hawaii,
Hickam Air Force Base Enlisted Personnel, The Chamber of Commerce
of Hawaii, Hawaii Business Roundtable, Hawaiian Humane Society,
and one individual.  Oral testimony in support was submitted by
one individual.  The Department of Agriculture and one individual
submitted testimony in opposition.

     Your Committees find that the State's animal quarantine
requirements continue to generate controversy.  Although the
number of days required for quarantine has been reduced if
specific requirements are met, the fees have risen substantially.
Your Committees have heard that the higher fees place a
substantial financial burden on military personnel, particularly
those in the lower ranks.  In addition, many of these personnel
are transferred on short notice and do not have time to meet the
vaccination and waiting period requirements necessary to qualify
for the shorter and less costly thirty-day quarantine period.


 
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     Your Committees understand the concerns expressed that the
current fee structure affects civilian, as well as military
personnel, and believe this is an issue for further discussion.
However, your Committees find this measure will provide some
financial relief for military personnel while other options
continue to be explored.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Economic Development and Transportation and
Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your
Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of
S.B. No. 2134 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Economic
                                   Development and Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair                LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 
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