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HI SB2129

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/21/2016

Primary Sponsor

Ronald Kouchi

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2016-2017 to assist the National Wildlife Research Center (USDA) in researching and controlling rose-ringed parakeets on Kauai
  • Directs funding to complete the Center's research assessment of negative impacts of rose-ringed parakeets on Kauai and develop an effective control plan to reduce those impacts
  • Establishes that the Department of Agriculture shall collaborate with the National Wildlife Research Center on research, development, and implementation programs to address parakeet damage to agriculture and native ecosystems on Kauai
  • Rose-ringed parakeet population on Kauai has grown from approximately 50 birds in 1982 to over 2,000 by 2011, causing damage to crops (lychee, longan, rambutan), dispersing invasive plants, and potentially spreading diseases
  • Takes effect July 1, 2016

Legislative Description

Rose-Ringed Parakeet; National Wildlife Research Center; Research and Reduction on Kauai; Appropriation ($)

Last Action

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.

2/18/2016

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means2/18/2016
Water, Land, and Agriculture1/21/2016

Full Bill Text

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