STAND. COM. REP. NO.  995

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 606

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 606, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COUNTY ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the counties to enter private property to control or eradicate invasive species and pests.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, Office of the Mayor of the County of Hawaii, Office of the Mayor of the County of Maui, Little Fire Ant HUI, Big Island Invasive Species Committee, Hawaii Association of Realtors, Hawaiian Electric Companies, and many individuals testified in support of this measure.  Animal Rights Hawaii testified in opposition to this measure.  Two concerned individuals commented on this measure.  

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion and making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 606, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 606, H.D. 2.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair