Bill Text: HI HCR163 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urging The Department Of Agriculture To Eradicate The State's Feral Chicken Population And Requesting The Head Of The Department Of Agriculture Plant Industry Division To Provide A Pest Designation For Feral Chickens.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-11 - Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 40 [HCR163 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2020-HCR163-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	163
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

URGING the department of agriculture to eradicate the state's feral chicken population and requesting the head of the department of agriculture plant industry division to provide a pest designation for feral chickens.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, feral chickens have become a nuisance in the State, especially in suburban and urban communities; and

 

     WHEREAS, because feral chickens face no natural predators on Kauai; the island has become overrun with tens of thousands of feral chickens; and

 

     WHEREAS, the feral chicken population has also become a significant problem and cause for resident complaints on the windward side of Oahu; and

 

     WHEREAS, feral chickens trespass into yards and gardens, destroy property, damage food crops, and jeopardize native plants; and

 

     WHEREAS, feral chickens create road hazards, spread disease to domestic animals and native wildlife, and lead to frequent noise complaints; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2020, the Senate concurring, that the head of the Department of Agriculture Plant Industry Division is requested to study and evaluate the need to designate feral chickens as a "pest for control or eradication" or to create a new designation for feral chickens that allows residents to treat chickens like rats and similar pests; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Agriculture is urged to develop a program to eradicate the State's feral chicken population; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture and Head of the Department of Agriculture Plant Industry Division.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Department of Agriculture; Feral Chickens; Pests; Penalties