STAND

STAND. COM. REP. 1547

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.R. No. 123

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Agriculture and Energy and Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.R. No. 123 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO STOP THE IMPORTATION OF ALIEN AQUATIC ORGANISMS THAT COULD BECOME INVASIVE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to protect Hawaii's natural environment and resources by urging the Department of Agriculture (DOA) and the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to develop a joint procedure to prevent potentially invasive alien aquatic organisms from being imported into the State without the approval of both DOA and DLNR.

The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, Greenpeace Foundation, Earthtrust, Sierra Club - Hawaii Chapter, and Hawaii Audubon Society supported this measure. DOA and DLNR opposed this measure.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the provision urging DOA and DLNR to develop a joint procedure to prevent potentially invasive alien aquatic organisms from being imported into the State without the approval of both DOA and DLNR;

(2) Requesting DOA and DLNR to update and report to the Legislature on their efforts to:

(A) Monitor and restrict the importation of invasive alien aquatic organisms; and

(B) Eradicate these types of organisms;

(3) Changing the title of this measure to reflect the changes under item (2); and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Energy and Environmental Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 123, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 123, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Energy and Environmental Protection,

____________________________ HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair		____________________________ FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Chair