STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1808-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2195

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2195, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FOWL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish and appropriate funds for a five-year feral chicken population management pilot program within the Department of Agriculture to manage the population of feral chickens in the State.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Mo'Bettah Handyman Services, Makor Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Julie Peine Trust (Juliana Towers Apartments and Bayview Apartments), and numerous individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Agriculture and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Hawaiian Humane Society.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2195, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair