STAND. COM. REP. NO.  48

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1006

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1006 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Hawaii Ant Lab of the Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit of the University of Hawaii for personnel and equipment to support mitigation of the little fire ant.

The Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Democratic Party of Hawaii, Hawaii Pest Control Association, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, Conservation Council for Hawaii, Hawaii Farmers Union United, and several concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources supported the intent of this measure.

     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. 1006 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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RICHARD P. CREAGAN, Chair