Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2253 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to better prepare the state for emergencies or disasters by appropriating funds to convert the Department of Agriculture's (DOA) animal quarantine shelter in Halawa, Oahu, into an animal shelter facility to be used during times of emergency or disaster.

The State Department of Defense testified in support of the intent of this measure. DOA opposed this measure.

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. 2253 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.