CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 163-22

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2022

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1179

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1179, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

The purpose of this measure is to establish and appropriate funds for a pilot program within the Aina Mauna Legacy Program of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to remove and harvest gorse from Mauna Kea and develop gorse as a marketable product to expand economic opportunities for native Hawaiians.

 

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $500,000 to establish the pilot program;

 

     (2)  Extending the annual reporting requirement to the Legislature to twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2026;

 

     (3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2022; and

 

     (4)  Changing its repeal date to June 30, 2026.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1179, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1179, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO

Co-Chair

 

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MARK J. HASHEM

Co-Chair

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MIKE GABBARD

Co-Chair

 

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA

Co-Chair

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE

Co-Chair

 

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CHRIS TODD

Co-Chair