Executive
Orders Establishing an Invasive Species Council
Idaho
Executive
Order No. 2001-11 (2001) establishes the Idaho Invasive
Species Council. The Council is composed of the governor, agency
heads, and the director of the University of Idaho, and invites
the participation of federal agencies, state representatives,
local government organizations, tribal governments, and private
and nonprofit organizations. The Council provides a coordinated
approach that supports local initiatives. The purpose of the Council
is to provide policy planning to: minimize the effects of harmful
invasive species, identify and understand invasive species issues,
take control and prevention measures, organize and streamline
the process for identifying and controlling invasive species,
and consider ways to halt the spread of and control the current
population of invasive species.
Wisconsin
Executive
Order No. 12 (2001) created the Governor’s Advisory Task Force
on Invasive Species. The Task Force consisted of twenty appointees
and was directed to: evaluate the severity of the induction and
spread of invasive species in Wisconsin; develop a statewide control
plan to combat the induction and spread of invasive species; and
identify and obtain federal funding to be used in the implementation
of the statewide plan. The task force dissolved in 2002 after
the submission of its report of recommendations to the governor.
Legislation Establishing an Invasive
Species Council
Missouri
SB
649 follows the text of the Federal
E.O. 13112 to establish a State Invasive Species Council.
State agencies whose actions affect invasive species shall attempt
to prevent further impacts of invasive species and shall not act
in ways that create further impacts of invasive species. The Council
shall oversee implementation of the act, encourage planning, develop
recommendations, facilitate sharing of information, and create
and update an Invasive Species Management Plan.
Bill status: Introduced 2002;
no carryover when session ended 5/30/02
Sponsor: Goode
New Hampshire
HB
1258 creates the Invasive Species Committee consisting
of the commissioners of the following departments: Environmental
Services, Resources and Economic Development, Transportation,
and Fish and Game. Members also include the state entomologist;
the dean of the University of New Hampshire, College of Life Sciences
and Agriculture; and three citizens appointed by the governor
to represent horticultural interests, environmental interests,
and the general public. Finally, the bill calls for the Commissioner
of Agriculture to consult with the Committee annually to prepare
a list of immediately harmful invasive species to be prohibited
from possession, transportation, and use in the state.
Bill status: Enacted 2000
Sponsor: Pratt
Oregon
HB
2181 establishes an Invasive Species Council consisting of
representatives from the Departments of Agriculture and Fish &
Wildlife; Portland and Oregon State Universities; and 8 at-large
members from industry, local government, and any other groups
having an interest in invasive species. The bill directs the Council
to develop a statewide plan and produce educational materials.
It also establishes a permanent trust fund in order to provide
grants or loans to agencies, organizations, or individuals to
prevent the introduction of invasive species and to eradicate,
contain or manage existing invasive species. Click here
to view Oregon’s Invasive Species Council homepage.
Bill status: Enacted 2001
Sponsor: Office of the Governor
Hawaii
H
188, authored by Representative Morita, and S
557, sponsored by Senator Inouye, establish the Invasive Species
Council and the Advisory Committee on Invasive Species to provide
for the control, prevention, inspection, eradication, and disposition
of invasive species; coordinate with other governments to protect
the State against invasive species; transfer certain personnel
and functions of Department of Agriculture and Department of Land
and Natural Resources to the Council.
Bill Status: H 188 In Committee 1/22/2003; S557 Held in Committee
2/3/2003
Idaho
H
212, the Idaho Invasive Species Act, establishes the Idaho
Invasive Species Council. The purpose of the Council is to provide
policy direction and coordination that will foster local initiatives
to prevent the introduction of harmful weeds and invasive species
to Idaho and to eradicate these species, if possible. Among the
major responsibilities of the Council is to organize and streamline
the process for preventing, detecting, eradicating or controlling
invasive species. The Council is directed to complete a strategic
plan by January 1, 2004, taking into account existing plans and
efforts. The plan will be a guidance document for combating invasive
species in coordination with private, state, local, federal, and
tribal entities.
Bill Status: In Committee 2/11/2003
New York
S
3522 and A
6988 create the seventeen-member New York state Invasive Species
Task Force to assess the nature, scope, and magnitude of the environment,
ecological, agricultural, economic, recreational and social impacts
by invasive species in the state; and provide for a report to
the governor and legislature.
Bill Status: S3522 was amended on Senate floor 6/11/2003; A6988
was amended on Assembly floor 6/12/2003
Virginia
H
2436 establishes an Invasive Species Council to provide state
leadership in the executive branch regarding invasive species
and to prepare an invasive species management plan.
Bill Status: Signed by Governor 3/16/2003
Legislation on Invasive Species Management
Hawaii
HB1346 is
a comprehensive act that consolidates all state laws and regulations
on invasive species into one act and gives regulatory power to
the Board of Agriculture. The act establishes a scientific advisory
committee consisting of experts in biology, botany, zoology, microbiology,
and ecology. Further, it establishes a committee consisting of
all state and federal agencies that handle inspection and enforcement
of invasive species laws. Finally, the act includes a procedure
for listing invasive species and a provision to develop emergency
remedial measures to be executed when new invasive species are
detected.
Bill status: Session ended
5/3/02 with no further action
Sponsor: Morita (SB2025)
Minnesota
Statutes
2001, Chapter 84D, establishes a “harmful exotic species management
program.” The statutes give management authority to the Commissioner
of the Department of Natural Resources to establish a statewide
plan to prevent and control the spread of invasive species. The
plan must include a coordinated approach to: disseminate information
among agencies and organizations, conduct public education, encourage
local participation, and conduct inspection. The act establishes
a listing and regulatory categorization of invasive species, as
well as an advisory board to maintain the lists and an emergency
protocol for action upon the discovery of a new exotic species.
Finally, the act calls for the designation of “infested waters”
and regulates and prohibits the public’s access and activities
within these waters.
Other
Legislation,
Regulation and Policy for the Prevention and Control of Nonindigenous
Aquatic Nuisance Species: Model Guidance for Great Lakes
Jurisdictions by Katherine Glassner-Shwayder of the
Great Lakes Commission. The report presents model legislation
based upon the Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 84D, to regulate aquatic
nuisance species. The model guidance revises the Minnesota definitions,
establishes a system of “beneficial uses” permits, and authorizes
the director of the regulatory agency to create and implement
an emergency action plan to be executed upon the discovery of
a new invasive species.
California
Memorandum of Understanding between State and Federal agencies
to coordinate the management of invasive species on Federal and
State lands. The memorandum lists specific management authorities
by agency and sets forth an understanding of cooperative management
between all parties.
Federal
Executive Order 13112 (1999) establishes a council of federal
agencies to coordinate agency plans. It directs the council to
develop and implement an Invasive
Species Management Plan that shall be implemented by the member
agencies, and to establish a coordinated information system that
utilizes the Internet.
Hawaii
HB 2212, the Alien Invasive Species Act, establishes a state
invasive species administrator/coordinator and authorizes the
Departments of Agriculture, Health, and Land and Natural Resources
to enter private property for the purpose of controlling or eradicating
alien invasive species.
Bill status: Passed Senate
and House; vetoed by Governor 6/02
Hawaii
HB 2261 is an act to prohibit state agencies from interfering
with the efforts of agencies responsible for addressing Hawaii’s
alien species problem. It ensures that all state agencies not
responsible for preventing the introduction or the eradication
of alien species do not interfere with these efforts.
Bill status: In committee -
session ended 5/3/02 with no carryover
Sponsor: Say
Maine’s
Title 38, Chapter 20-B § 1871 (2001) creates the
Interagency Task Force on Invasive Aquatic Plants and Nuisance
Species. The statute designates the task force to monitor invasive
species and make management recommendations to the Land and Water
Resources Council. The task force shall further work with representatives
from federal, state and local agencies and private environmental
and commercial interests in the northeastern United States to
form a Northeastern Regional Panel to establish priorities and
coordinate activities to prevent the spread of milfoil and other
invasive aquatic plants and nuisance species. |