Report Title:

County of Hawaii; Coqui Frog; Appropriation

 

Description:

Appropriates funds for a grant-in-aid to the County of Hawaii to support and implement the coqui frog working group incident action plan.  (HB1179 HD1)

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1179

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT


 

 

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE COUNTY OF HAWAI'I FOR COQUI FROG ERADICATION AND CONTROL.

 

 

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

 


SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the island of Hawaii continues to be infested by the invasive species of Caribbean tree frog, eleutherodactylus coqui, more commonly known as the coqui frog, since its accidental introduction on the island of Hawaii in the early 1990s.  The county of Hawaii, state department of agriculture, University of Hawaii at Hilo, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services Division, and the National Wildlife Research Center have formed the coqui frog working group and have produced the coqui frog working group incident action plan to combat this invasive species, which focuses on three primary areas:  eradication and control, research, and community education and support.  While the county of Hawaii, the State, and the federal government have contributed in the past to this eradication effort, continued assistance is needed to deal with the coqui frog problem.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $      or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007-2008 for a grant‑in‑aid to the county of Hawaii to support and implement the coqui frog working group incident action plan.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the county of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2020.