STAND. COM. REP. NO. 768-08
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2008
RE: H.B. No. 2516
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2008
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2516 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BIOSECURITY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve the infrastructure and facilities necessary to prevent the importation and spread of invasive species by:
(1) Authorizing and appropriating $5,000,000 in general obligation (GO) bond funds and appropriating $5,000,000 in federal funds for the construction of joint biosecurity inspection facilities at Honolulu International Airport; and
(2) Authorizing and appropriating $1,500,000 in GO bond funds for planning and designing a joint biosecurity facility at Honolulu Harbor.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Maui County Farm Bureau, The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, Conservation Council for Hawaii, and the Hawaii Crop Improvement Association supported this bill. The Department of Transportation, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted comments.
Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the appropriation amounts contained in this measure to unspecified amounts and changing the measure's effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion. Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for style, clarity, and consistency.
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. 2516, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2516, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |
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