STAND. COM. REP. NO.  142-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1716

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1716 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR INVASIVE SPECIES PREVENTION, CONTROL, OUTREACH, RESEARCH, AND PLANNING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to protect Hawaii's environment, agriculture, economy, and the health and way of life of Hawaii's people by appropriating $5,000,000 to be expended on projects undertaken in accordance with the Hawaii Invasive Species Council, including invasive species prevention, control, outreach, research, and planning.

The Department of Agriculture, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Planning, Oahu Invasive Species Committee, Maui Invasive Species Committee, The Nature Conservancy, Sierra Club of Hawaii, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, and two concerned individuals supported this bill.

     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. 1716 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,

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JESSICA WOOLEY, Chair