STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3330

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2719

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2719, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate $1,000,000 for the Department of Agriculture to increase feral pig control measures in the State.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii; Department of Agriculture; Waihale Products; Ponoholo Ranch; Ohana Farm Orchards; Ulupalakua Ranch; Hawaii Crop Improvement Association; Hawaii Farm Bureau; Hawaiian Flower Gardens, Inc.; KVTHC; Ono Pop's Kauai; HCP; Matsuda-Fukuyama Farms; Maui County Farm Bureau; Rancho Aloha; Waikahe Farms; and numerous individuals.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from Animal Rights Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that increased measures to control the expanding feral pig population in the State will address the growing problem of agricultural destruction and loss caused by feral pigs.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

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. 2719, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2719, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair