STAND. COM. REP. NO. 636
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2017
RE: H.B. No. 1472
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2017
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1472 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RAPID OHIA DEATH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Making an additional appropriation for fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for early detection of rapid ohia death through remote-sensing flights; aerial and ground survey work; statewide survey crews; Digital Mobile Sketch Mapping from helicopters; and other personnel, supplies, equipment, and resources as needed -- all to be conducted by the United States Forest Service in Hilo;
(2) Making an additional appropriation for fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for rapid ohia death research to be conducted by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, including the employment of an entomology post-doctoral fellow; technical laboratory support; and field and laboratory supplies, equipment, and other necessary materials or items;
(3) Making all appropriation amounts an unspecified sum;
(4) Changing its effective date to July 31, 2150, to encourage further discussion; and
(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
Should your Committee on Finance choose to deliberate further on this measure, your Committee respectfully requests that it consider appropriating:
(1) $1,000,000 for each year of fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for early detection of rapid ohia death through remote-sensing flights; aerial and ground survey work; statewide survey crews; Digital Mobile Sketch Mapping from helicopters; and other personnel, supplies, equipment, and resources as needed; and
(2) $270,000 for each year of fiscal biennium 2017-2019 for rapid ohia death research to be conducted by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, including the employment of an entomology post-doctoral fellow; technical laboratory support; and field and laboratory supplies, equipment, and other necessary materials or items.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1472, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1472, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,
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____________________________ RICHARD P. CREAGAN, Chair |
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