Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2212, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

Testifying in support of this bill were The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, Hawaii Audubon Society, the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, Maui Invasive Species Committee, Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, Hawaii's Thousand Friends, Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii, and a concerned individual. The Department of Land and Natural Resources supported the intent of this bill. The Conservation Council for Hawaii offered comments, and the Department of Budget and Finance opposed this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2212, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.