STAND. COM. REP. NO. 735-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 2424
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2424, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BIOSECURITY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to control and prevent invasive species threats to the State by:
(1) Allowing the Department of Agriculture to establish or participate in public-private partnerships to enhance the Department's Biosecurity Program and quarantine inspection process; and
(2) Appropriating funds for the Biosecurity Program.
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. 2424, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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