STAND. COM. REP. NO.  753-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1932

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1932, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BIOSECURITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to combat the spread and threat of invasive species to Hawaii's economy by appropriating funds to fully implement the Department of Agriculture's biosecurity program.

The Department of Agriculture, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Transportation, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Democratic Party of Hawaii, Maui Invasive Species Committee, Environmental Caucus of DPH, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.  The Nature Conservancy commented on this measure.

     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. 1932, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair