Report Title:
Invasive Plant and Animal Species Strike Force
Description:
Establishes the invasive plant and animal species early warning and rapid response strike force, including 4.00 FTE positions for the island of Maui and 8.00 FTE positions for the island of Hawaii first, to contain, control, and eradicate Caribbean frogs, and second, to contain, control, and eradicate miconia.
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
817 |
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TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to invasive plant and animal species.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. There is established in the department of land and natural resources, the invasive plant and animal species early warning and rapid response strike force. The goal of the strike force shall be to:
(1) Detect environmental changes and human activities that create conditions of vulnerability which can lead to the initial introduction and subsequent establishment of invasive plant and animal species;
(2) Identify the most effective interventions for reducing these vulnerabilities and, when necessary, initiate actions to rapidly contain, control, and eradicate new introductions of invasive plant and animal species; and
(3) Monitor environmental changes and human activities that re-create conditions of vulnerability which can lead to the reintroduction or reestablishment of invasive plant and animal species.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $540,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001-2002, and the sum of $540,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002-2003, to establish the invasive plant and animal species early warning and rapid response strike force, including four full-time equivalent (4.00 FTE) positions for the island of Maui and eight full-time equivalent (8.00 FTE) positions for the island of Hawaii first, to contain, control, and eradicate Caribbean frogs, and second, to contain, control, and eradicate miconia.
SECTION 3. The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2001.
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