STAND. COM. REP. NO. 748-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1714

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 H.B. No. 1714, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TWO-LINED SPITTLEBUGS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Agriculture to continue its efforts to mitigate and control the two-lined spittlebug and recover the rangelands and pastures damaged by this invasive pest and for research to inform best practices and monitor the status of the two-lined spittlebug.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Ulupono Initiative; Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc.; Hawai‘i Farm Bureau; Local Food Coalition; Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii; Parker Ranch, Inc.; Larry Jefts Farms, LLC; Ponoholo Ranch Limited; Barbed S Ranch LLC; Haleakala Ranch; and nine individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Agriculture, and University of Hawai‘i System.

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 H.B. No. 1714, 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