STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2551

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2113

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2113 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A CONTRACT BETWEEN COUNTY OF KAUAI AND KAUAI HUMANE SOCIETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to repeal the requirement that the County of Kauai contract with the Kauai Humane Society for the seizure and impoundment of unlicensed dogs and related actions.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from two Kauai County Council Members and Animal Haven.

     Your Committee finds the County of Kauai is mandated by section 146-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to contract with the Kauai Humane Society regarding the seizure and impoundment of unlicensed dogs.  However, compliance with section 146-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, has become increasingly difficult due to a decrease in operational hours at the Kauai Humane Society as a result of budget constraints.  Accordingly, this measure will avert statutory violations by repealing the requirement that the County of Kauai contract with the Kauai Humane Society.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2113 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair