STAND. COM. REP. NO. 900-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1769

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. 1769, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RAPID OHIA DEATH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to study and combat rapid ohia death in the State.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawai‘i System, Hawai‘i Farm Bureau, Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, and four individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Budget and Finance.

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. 1769, 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