STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1161

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1941

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Energy and Environment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1941, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to protect Hawaii's environment by appropriating funds for the inspection, quarantine, and eradication of invasive species.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture, Department of Land and Natural Resources, County Council of the County of Maui, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, The Nature Conservancy, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Horizon Lines, LLC, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., and the Hawaii Forest Industry Association.  Comments on this measure were submitted by the Environmental Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

 

     Your Committee amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2025, to encourage further discussion.

 

     It is the intent of your Committee to enable the Department of Agriculture to address the inspection, quarantine, and eradication of invasive species concerns in order to continue to safeguard Hawaii's environment.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy and Environment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1941, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1941, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy and Environment,

 

 

 

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RON MENOR, Chair