CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP

 

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.122-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2212

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2212, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure to control and eradicate invasive alien species by:

(1) Establishing an evasive administrator/coordinator position to coordinate state activities to fight invasive species;

(2) Authorizing the Departments of Agriculture, Health, and Land and Natural Resources to enter public or private premises, vessels, or aircraft within the State to examine, control, or eradicate invasive species; and

(3) Designating the administrator/coordinator as the head of the Emergency Environmental Workforce.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the administrator/coordinator position and permitting the establishment of a Hawaii Invasive Species Council (Council);

(2) Administratively attaching the Council to the Office of the Governor;

(3) Specifying that the Council, if established, shall be composed of the President of the University of Hawaii and the heads of the Departments of Agriculture, Land and Natural Resources, Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Health, Transportation, and Commerce and Consumer Affairs, with federal and private sector representatives invited to participate;

(4) Directing the Council, if established, among other mandates, to:

(A) Coordinate the efforts of participating state agencies;

(B) Coordinate and promote the State's position with respect to certain federal issues, including amending the Lacy Act for consistency with state laws; and

(C) Review state agency mandates and commercial interest that sometimes call for maintenance of potentially destructive alien species as resources for sport hunting, aesthetic resources, or other purposes;

(5) Deleting the authorization of the Departments of Agriculture, Health, and Land and Natural Resources to enter premises to control and eradicate invasive species;

(6) Deleting provisions relating to the designation of lead state agencies;

(7) Deleting appropriation provisions;

(8) Sunsetting the measure on June 30, 2007; and

(9) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2212, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2212, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ JAN YAGI BUEN, Chair		____________________________ HERMINA M. MORITA, Co-Chair
____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Co-Chair		____________________________ BLAKE K. OSHIRO, Co-Chair
____________________________ COLLEEN HANABUSA, Co-Chair		____________________________ NOBU YONAMINE, Co-Chair