STAND. COM. REP. NO.  420

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1941

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1941 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate moneys for the inspection, quarantine, and eradication of invasive species.

    

     The Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Alexander and Baldwin, Inc., the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, and The Nature Conservancy submitted testimony in support of this measure. 

 

     Hawaii Crop Improvement Association supported the intent of the measure.  Animal Rights Hawaii submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that this appropriation will enable the Department of Agriculture to implement a comprehensive strategy to address invasive species.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1941 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,

 

 

 

 

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair