Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Agriculture and Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 2417, S.D. 2, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to address the growing threat of coqui frog infestation by appropriating an unspecified amount of funds for grants-in-aid to:

The Mayor of the County of Hawaii, Executive Assistant to the Mayor of the County of Maui, University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Conservation Council for Hawaii, Hawaii Association of REALTORS, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, Maui Outdoor Circle, Kihei Akahi A.O.A.O., C&H Farms, and a concerned individual supported this bill. The Department of Agriculture supported the intent of this measure. Animal Rights Hawaii and several concerned individuals opposed this bill. The Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted comments.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Energy & Environmental Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2417, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2417, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.