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Harry Kim <br />Mayor <br />County of Hawai <br />Office of the Mayor <br />Wil Okabe <br />Managing Director <br />Barbara J. Kossow <br />Deputy Managing Director <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 • (808) 961-8211 • Fax (808) 961-6553 <br />KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg C • Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i 96740 <br />(808) 323-4444 • Fax (808) 323-4440 <br />February 12, 2019 <br />Representative Chris Lee, Chair <br />Committee on Judiciary <br />Dear Chair Lee and Committee Members: <br />RE: HB 213 Relating to Private Property <br />Albizia is an attractive but extremely dangerous invasive species. It is hazardous for residents, <br />travelers, first responders, and anyone in the vicinity of its brittle limbs. <br />HB 213 is an attempt to allow landowners, adjacent to a property that has albizia, to take <br />action to deal with the danger, but within clearly defined limits. The language can surely be further <br />refined in this Committee and during the legislative process, but the concept is worthy of <br />endorsement—laws should be passed that are good for the community and that are limited so as to <br />assure minimal infringement of the rights of others. <br />hope you will act favorably on HB 213. <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br />Harry Kim <br />MAYOR <br />County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br />