CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.93

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1301

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1301, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES,"

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 bill is to appropriate funds, in addition to the amounts requested by the Hawaii Invasive Species Council for the biennial period, to the counties specifically to accelerate the response, control, and eradication efforts for programs and initiatives that are found to be most effective in the control or eradication of priority invasive species, including the coqui frog.

Your Committee on Conference, upon careful consideration, has amended this bill by:

(1) Specifying that the additional funds are to be used toward the control and eradication of only the coqui frog, and not all priority invasive species;

(2) Clarifying the proviso that each county work in collaboration with its own invasive species committee or other invasive species working group;

(3) Deleting an appropriation for fiscal year 2006-2007;

(4) Changing the total appropriation amount to $300,000, with the City and County of Honolulu and the County of Kauai to receive $50,000 each, and the County of Maui and the County of Hawaii to receive $100,000 each; and

(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

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. 1301, 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. 1301, 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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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair

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HERMINA MORITA, Co-Chair

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

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CLIFT TSUJI, Co-Chair

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair