STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1506

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1062

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

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 S.B. No. 1062, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BIOSECURITY PROGRAM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to enhance the biosecurity program and quarantine inspection process by authorizing the Department of Agriculture to establish or participate in private-public partnerships, and appropriating funds to the Department for biosecurity projects, including an integrated computer manifest system.  

 

     The Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, and two concerned individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, and Hawaii Invasive Species Council submitted comments.

 

     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 S.B. No. 1062, S.D. 2, 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