STAND. COM. REP. NO.  792

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 206

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 206, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAIIAN PLANTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to contribute to a Hawaiian sense of place, to reduce the use of non-native invasive plant species, and to support the preservation of Hawaii's cultural and ecological heritage by requiring that all publicly-funded landscaping projects include a minimum percentage of Hawaiian plants.

 

     A Council Member for the Kauai County Council, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Kalihi Palama Hawaiian Civic Club, The Nature Conservancy, Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, Hawaii Green Growth, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Kuaāina Ulu Auamo, Conservation Council for Hawaii, and numerous individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Accounting and General Services opposed the measure.  The Judiciary, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Transportation, and State Procurement Office provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to allow for further discussion; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 206, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 206, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair