STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1245

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 272

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 272, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RAT LUNGWORM DISEASE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the University of Hawaii at Hilo for programs, studies, and activities related to the prevention and eradication of rat lungworm disease.

The Mayor of the County of Hawaii, Chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Kauai Invasive Species Committee, Hawaii Farm to School and School Garden Hui, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Progressive Democrats of Hawaii, and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Health, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, and Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy at the University of Hawaii at Hilo testified in support of the intent of this measure.  A concerned individual provided comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 272, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair