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REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL <br /> OPERATIONS AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS <br /> DATE: February 7, 2023 Re: Comm. No. 91/Bill No. 22 <br /> PLACE: Council Chambers <br /> Hilo, Hawai`i <br /> TIME: 1:00 p.m. <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> Hawai`i County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 <br /> Your Committee on Governmental Operations and External Affairs, to which was referred <br /> Bill No. 22, reports as follows: <br /> Bill No. 22, introduced by Council Chair Heather L. Kimball and Council Member Cindy Evans <br /> via Communication No. 91, dated January 30, 2023, amends Chapter 2, Article 2; adds a new <br /> article to Chapter 2; and amends Chapter 4, Articles 2, 3, 4, and 9, of the Hawai`i County Code <br /> 1983 (2016 Edition, as Amended), to create an Animal Control and Protection Agency. <br /> This bill establishes an independent agency to provide for the care and maintenance of <br /> impounded animals and to fulfill the functions and requirements of Hawai`i Revised Statutes, <br /> Chapters 143 and 711 relating to the protection of animals. <br /> Prior to consideration of Bill No. 22 by the Committee, Committee Chair Cindy Evans <br /> relinquished the chair to Vice Chair Susan L. K. Lee Loy. <br /> The Committee received both written and oral public testimony on this measure. Testifiers were <br /> present in the Council Chambers and via videoconference. <br /> A motion to amend Bill No. 22 with the contents of Communication No. 91.1 was unanimously <br /> adopted by the Committee. <br /> Your Committee on Governmental Operations and External Affairs is in accord with the purpose <br /> and intent of Bill No. 22, as amended to Draft 2, and recommends its passage on first reading. <br /> JP <br /> AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted, <br /> EVANS X <br /> GALIMBA x COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL <br /> INABA x OPERATIONS AND <br /> KAGIWADA x \EXT tRNAL AFFAIRS <br /> KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X <br /> KIERKIEWICZ X A (� <br /> KIMBALL x CINDY EVA S, CHAIR <br /> LEE LOY X GOEAC REPORT NO.: 19 <br /> VILLEGAS X ADOPTED: FEB 2 2 2023 <br />