STAND. COM. REP. NO.  162-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2426

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2426 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BIOSECURITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to protect Hawaii's fragile, natural environment by appropriating funds for the planning, design, and construction of biosecurity facilities at harbors and airports throughout the State to prevent the introduction of new invasive species to Hawaii.

The Department of Transportation, Oahu Invasive Species Committee, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Maui County Farm Bureau, and an individual testified in support of this measure.  Able Freight Services, Inc., commented on this measure.

     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. 2426 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair