Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2873 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide funding for inspection and eradication efforts concerning invasive species, by establishing a Hawaii Invasive Species Special Fund, to be funded by:

The Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, C&H Farms, The Nature Conservancy, Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii, and Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, testified in support of this bill. The Maui County Farm Bureau and Airlines Committee of Hawaii supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Transportation, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., Horizon Lines, LLC, and Young Brothers, Limited, opposed this measure. The Department of Agriculture, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation offered comments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2873 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.