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HRS §150A-57

Annual biosecurity report to the legislature

The state agriculture department must send a yearly report to the legislature about its biosecurity program. The report must include spending, travel, workforce, inspections, future plans, unfinished work, and maps or agreements related to pest control. The report is due before each regular legislative session.

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The statute, as written — Annual report

The department shall submit an annual report on the biosecurity program to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session of the legislature. The report shall include: (1) The schedule required under section 150A-56; (2) The status of each activity required by Act 243, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, including for each activity: (A) All expenditures; (B) Descriptions of and the purposes of any activity-related travel; (C) Workforce allocation; and (D) Measure of effectiveness; (3) Summary of interisland inspections and export inspection activities; (4) Projections by year of future expenditures and future acreage to be under pest management by crop; (5) Activities yet to be completed, and, if applicable, an explanation why they were not completed; and (6) Real-time geographic information system map data, coordinated data collection, work plans, memorandums of understanding, and contracts for service related to advancing the State's invasive pest control and eradication biosecurity efforts.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§150A-56 Biosecurity program budget schedule

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