STAND. COM. REP. NO. 586-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 1943
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1943 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting provisions establishing an invasive species detection and prevention program that contracts with private dog handlers to detect invasive species entering the state;
(2) Specifying a general fund appropriation of $81,270 to match a federal grant to fund plant quarantine detector dogs;
(3) Directing the Department of Agriculture to submit a report to the Legislature;
(4) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and
(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
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. 1943, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1943, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,
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____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair |
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