Bill Text: HI SB2501 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Hawaii Invasive Species Council.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-03-14 - The committee(s) on WAL recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [SB2501 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2501-Introduced.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2501 |
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the Hawaii invasive species council.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 194-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) There is established the invasive species council for the special purpose of providing policy level direction, coordination, and planning among state departments, federal agencies, and international and local initiatives for the control and eradication of harmful invasive species infestations throughout the State and for preventing the introduction of other invasive species that may be potentially harmful. The council shall:
(1) Maintain a broad overview of the invasive
species problem in the State;
(2) Advise, consult, and coordinate invasive
species‑related efforts with and between the departments of agriculture,
land and natural resources, health, and transportation, as well as state,
federal, international, and privately organized programs and policies;
(3) Identify and prioritize each lead agency's
organizational and resource shortfalls with respect to invasive species;
(4) After consulting with appropriate state
agencies, create and implement a plan that includes the prevention, early
detection, rapid response, control, enforcement, and education of the public
with respect to invasive species, as well as fashion a mission statement
articulating the State's position against invasive species; provided that the appropriate state agencies shall
collaborate with the counties and communities to develop and implement a
systematic approach to reduce and control coqui frog infestations on public
lands that are near or adjacent to communities, and shall provide annual
reports on the progress made in achieving this objective;
(5) Coordinate and promote the State's position
with respect to federal issues, including:
(A) Quarantine preemption;
(B) International trade agreements that ignore the
problem of invasive species in
(C) First class mail inspection prohibition;
(D) Whether quarantine of domestic pests arriving
from the mainland should be provided by the federal government;
(E) Coordinating efforts with federal agencies to
maximize resources and reduce or eliminate system gaps and leaks, including
deputizing the United States Department of Agriculture's plant protection and
quarantine inspectors to enforce
(F) Promoting the amendment of federal laws as
necessary, including the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981, Title 16 United States
Code sections 3371‑3378; Public Law 97-79, and laws related to
inspection of domestic airline passengers, baggage, and cargo; and
(G) Coordinating efforts and issues with the
federal Invasive Species Council and its National Invasive Species Management
Plan;
(6) Identify and record all invasive species
present in the State;
(7) Designate the department of agriculture,
health, or land and natural resources as the lead agency for each function of
invasive species control, including prevention, rapid response, eradication,
enforcement, and education;
(8) Identify all state, federal, and other moneys
expended for the purposes of the invasive species problem in the State;
(9) Identify all federal and private funds
available to the State to fight invasive species and advise and assist state
departments to acquire these funds;
(10) Advise the governor and legislature on
budgetary and other issues regarding invasive species;
(11) Provide annual reports on budgetary and other
related issues to the legislature twenty days prior to each regular session;
(12) Include and coordinate with the counties in
the fight against invasive species to increase resources and funding and to
address county-sponsored activities that involve invasive species;
(13) Review state agency mandates and commercial
interests that sometimes call for the maintenance of potentially destructive
alien species as resources for sport hunting, aesthetic resources, or other
values;
(14) Review the structure of fines and penalties to
ensure maximum deterrence for invasive species-related crimes;
(15) Suggest appropriate legislation to improve the
State's administration of invasive species programs and policies;
(16) Incorporate and expand upon the department of
agriculture's weed risk assessment protocol to the extent appropriate for the
council's invasive species control and eradication efforts; [and]
(17) Prioritize the protection of exceptional
trees, as defined in section 58-3; and
[(17)] (18)
Perform any other function necessary to effectuate the purposes of this
chapter."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY: |
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Report Title:
HISC; Exceptional Trees; Prioritization
Description:
Requires the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to prioritize the protection of exceptional trees.
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