REPORT TITLE:
Brown Tree Snake


DESCRIPTION:
Establishes permanent alien species coordinator position in DLNR;
unspecified appropriation.  (SD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE BROWN TREE SNAKE.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The department of land and natural resources may
 
 2 establish one full-time equivalent permanent alien species
 
 3 coordinator position to prevent alien species, including the
 
 4 brown tree snake from entering, and becoming established, in the
 
 5 State.
 
 6      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
 7 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $       , or so much
 
 8 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, and the
 
 9 same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year
 
10 2000-2001, for a permanent alien species coordinator position.
 
11      SECTION 3.  The sums appropriated shall be expended by the
 
12 department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this
 
13 Act.
 
14      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.